Sentinel School Zone

Florida students made strong gains on the state’s key algebra 1 exam this year, with 62 percent passing — up from 55 percent last year, according to results released today.

But the state’s 10th graders showed no improvement on the language arts exam, with half of them passing just as in 2016.

The 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks passed without a moment of silence or a single mention in class during Danielle Gomez’s freshman year of high school.

“I was livid,” said Gomez, now 19, who was only a toddler when her uncle, Paul Pansini, a New York firefighter, died trying to save others in the World Trade Center. “I can see the hurt in my family when that date comes.

A Lake Nona Middle School teacher has been charged with sending two students videos of himself smoking marijuana and showering.

Scott John Peters, 46, was arrested Monday and charged with transmission of harmful materials to a minor and tampering with physical evidence, according to Orange County Court documents.

The University of Central Florida is seeking dismissal of a lawsuit filed by five people whose Social Security numbers were compromised in the school’s data hack last year.

In February 2016, UCF revealed there was a security breach involving 63,000 current and former UCF students and employees.

It was a little school with a big mission, a campus that served barely 200 students but one that ambitiously reached out to help those who lived near its historic Orlando campus.

So when Grand Avenue Primary Learning Centers closed Wednesday — just weeks after celebrating its 90th birthday — many students, parents and teachers were in tears.

Just before the big chess tournament, little Naomi Otero needed a pep talk to calm her nerves.

Don’t cry if you lose. And shake hands with your opponent if you win, the second-grader heard from her mom, Joyce Otero.