Melissa Calhoun of Satellite High School in Brevard County, Florida, is the first known high school teacher who lost her job after using a student's preferred name with their parents' consent.

Melissa Calhoun was fired after calling a student a preferred name and did not follow Florida’s "Parental Authorization for Deviation from Student's Legal Name Form" law Google Maps A Florida ...

A Florida high school teacher lost her job after ... teacher to be fired under a state law implemented last school year. Melissa Calhoun, a teacher at Satellite High School in Brevard County ...

Lucy’s parents, Andy and Melissa Fernandez, joined This Week in South Florida host Janine Stanwood to discuss, and their conversation can be seen at the top of this page. Janine Stanwood joined ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis created a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to review state spending, including at public universities. Florida's DOGE requested six years of grant, research ...

At the start of the 2023-2024 school year, Florida began requiring educators ... a teacher didn't comply — and lost her job. Melissa Calhoun, a teacher at Satellite High School in Brevard ...

The Hope Florida Foundation board meeting, tied to a DeSantis initiative, was disrupted by trolls posting inappropriate content. The disruptions plagued the Zoom meeting, forcing several pauses ...

It’s official! The Florida Gators once again rule college basketball. To be crowned 2025 national champions, Florida basketball had to traverse a gauntlet unlike any team in recent years.

Melissa Gorga’s son, Gino Gorga, just attended his junior prom, and we have all the sweet photos from the occasion. Gino indeed looked so handsome in his dapper black tuxedo, white button-down ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and state legislatures have been working to fill a void left behind in the wake of the state penalizing employers who hired undocumented workers. A new bill, SB 918 ...