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SpaceX launch could spark sonic booms in Central Florida. Here’s what to expect
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Much of Central Florida could hear sonic booms on Thursday morning amid another SpaceX launch.
SpaceX is scheduled to launch a Falcon 9 rocket at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, taking the Maxar 2 mission into orbit, according to company officials.
Thursday’s launch window runs from 9-10 a.m., with a backup opportunity available on Friday at 9 a.m.
When the launch does happen, Falcon 9′s first-stage booster is expected to land on SpaceX’s landing zone at the Space Force station about eight minutes after liftoff, a release from SpaceX states.
As a result, residents in the following counties could hear one or more sonic booms during the landing:
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Brevard County
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Indian River County
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Okeechobee County
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Orange County
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Osceola County
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Polk County
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Seminole County
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St. Lucie County
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Volusia County
“What residents experience will depend on weather and other conditions,” SpaceX said.
This won’t be the first time that a space launch prompted sonic booms in the region.
When the Ax-3 crew returned back in February, many Central Florida residents reported hearing a sonic boom as the crew plummeted down toward Earth.
As boosters and spacecraft fall through the atmosphere at supersonic speeds, they spark shockwaves that travel through the air — sometimes heard by people on the ground as a sonic boom.
For Thursday’s launch, the 45th Weather Squadron is forecasting a mere 20% chance of weather getting in the way. That falls to only 10% if pushed to Friday.
Either way, News 6 will stream the launch live at the top of this story when it happens.
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Florida State University team helps bolster Jefferson County Schools to ‘B’ grade through community partnership initiative – Florida State University News
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A Florida State University team of faculty and administrators has served as integral partners in supporting Jefferson County Schools (JCS), providing research expertise and resources, as the district establishes a new community partnership schools model.
Through the success of this initiative and the dedication of JCS faculty and staff, the school district earned a ‘B’ grade from the Florida Department of Education for the 2023-2024 school year.
As a core partner, FSU has provided evidence-based research support and helped leverage relationships to provide a wider array of resources and services to JCS, helping remove barriers to education in the community.
“The FSU team is proud to play a part in the achievements of Jefferson County Schools and the community partnership schools model,” said Jarrett Terry, assistant provost for centers, institutes, and community engagement. “We recognize and commend both the Jefferson County community’s and the school district’s hard work and dedication, which were the main drivers of the success that propelled them to achieving a ‘B’ grade. FSU is committed to supporting and enhancing the partnership’s efforts in working toward solutions for community-defined problems.”
In 2022, JCS launched the new school model to better support the district’s success while simultaneously addressing the needs of the community. The innovative community partnership schools (CPS) model is an evidence-based approach that aims to improve student achievement and well-being by addressing the academic, social, emotional and health needs of students and their families.
The model involves four types of community partners, who have all signed a 25-year memorandum of understanding as part of the shared governance model:
- Local school district: Jefferson County Schools
- Nonprofit: Children’s Home Society of Florida
- Higher Education: Florida State University, Florida A&M University, and North Florida College
- Health Care: Florida Department of Health – Jefferson
The CPS model focuses on four pillars: wellness supports, expanded learning time and opportunities, family and community engagement, and collaborative leadership and practice. All services and supports at the school fall under one of these four pillars.
With Children’s Home Society of Florida as the lead partner, partners work with the community to identify and address the barriers and opportunities for learning and development. All of the partners have a place on the executive cabinet, which meets monthly to discuss goals for the year, strategic planning and how to best provide services and supports.
Erin Bush, assistant professor in the School of Communication Science & Disorders within FSU’s College of Communication and Information, currently serves as the faculty lead for FSU’s support of the CPS. Over the past two years, she and her team have facilitated a needs-assessment for the district to best determine what the needs and challenges in Jefferson County are and how the school and community can be mutually beneficial partners.
“We’re really working with the community and researching with them,” Bush said. “We can’t come in and provide a top-down solution and think that’s going to work as an outsider to any community. We have to come in and really get to know the community to begin to understand their unique needs.”
The needs-assessment included participants from all aspects of the greater JCS community and was conducted to collect and analyze data on student and community member perceptions of the benefits and challenges they experience living in Jefferson County. The study also reviewed existing and available community supports and resources.
“The CPS model really takes into consideration all aspects of students’ lives and tries to support their health and well-being not just keeping it isolated to their school performance,” Bush said. “The model understands that school performance is greatly influenced by all of the other things going on in the students’ lives and in the community.”
The results of the needs assessment are set to be presented to the community partnership steering committee and will inform new programming and services for the community.
“FSU was particularly instrumental in supporting the needs assessment for Jefferson County Schools,” Bush said. “The needs assessment is necessary to uncover what needs to be done for the community in the future. But the real heroes of the story are the individuals at Jefferson County K-12 school and the community partnership school. We’re just happy to be one of the supportive partners.”
Jefferson County K-12, the only school in the district, is the only K-12 community partnership school in the state of Florida and enrolls over 700 students annually. Lori Livingston, director of the community partnership school at Jefferson K-12, said that having a large age range of students presents more opportunities than it does challenges.
“We have consistency with not just the education, the quality of the education that’s being provided, but also the relationships that are built with the staff, parents and community,” Livingston said. “With a community-based research approach, we are really able to maximize our resources while creating ownership within the community.”
Bush and Livingston jointly presented the findings to date during the July Learning Series of FSU’s College of Medicine’s Network for Clinical Research, Training, and Community Engagement (NCRT-CE) series, providing insight into how FSU’s faculty and partners can focus on public impact activities.
“Having Florida State University as one of our core partners definitely adds to the legitimacy of the CPS model, and not just on paper,” Livingston said. “Assistant Provost Jay Terry sits on our cabinet and helps us solve problems and commits resources, which is invaluable for us. Florida State has found ways to support us outside of the box and is invested into going above and beyond the minimum requirements to really make an impact and a difference.”
Florida
Florida man, 25, drives semi-truck through strip club after getting kicked out, killing 1 patron
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A man drove a semi-truck through a Florida strip club early Tuesday morning — killing one man and injuring two others — after he was kicked out, police said.
The incident unfolded shortly before 4:30 a.m. in the parking lot of the Emperors Gentleman Club in Tampa.
The cab of the tractor-trailer crashed into the front area of the topless bar near the front entrance beneath a sign that reads “Full Nude.”
Witnesses told police that the wild driver had been kicked out of the jiggle joint earlier in the night, but returned “to drive the truck into a group of people standing at the entrance,” Tampa officials said.
The suspect had “lied in wait” for at least 30 minutes before the person he was arguing with emerged from the club, Tampa Police Maj. Patrick Messmer said.
That’s when he plowed into a group of about half a dozen people.
One man was killed, according to cops. Another two men were injured, but are expected to survive.
None of the three were the maniac’s intended target, according to Messmer. They were all patrons.
Police have not named the homicidal driver, but described him as a 25-year-old man.
He was hospitalized in critical but stable condition. When released, he will be charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, DUI manslaughter, vehicular homicide and DUI with serious injury.
Florida
Mom to Mom: South Florida organization helps students get ready for school with new supplies
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MIAMI – One South Florida organization is making an effort to meet the needs of students getting ready to go back to school.
The Embrace Girls Foundation gave a group of Miami girls a “superhero” welcome as they walked into the media center at Arcola Lake Elementary school in Miami.
“We have it built as a superhero day. Learning is our superpower. So, they are going to get the beginning of their superpower being able to select a backpack and items from this room as many items as they’d like,” said Velma Lawrence, CEO, founder of The Embrace Girls Foundation.
The girls took the message to heart that day and happily chose their new backpacks and other items to start the new school year.
“I got a lot of stuff. I got highlighters, I got notebooks. I got lotion,” said Faith Antrobus.
Since 2000, the foundation has provided after school and mentoring services to girls at several South Florida school sites.
The nonprofit organizes a special “shopping experience” to cap its summer program.
“We’ve done this for the fourth year in partnership with Interiors by Steven G., Crazy Art and Rose Art,” said Lawrence.
This year, Local 10 donated 1,000 new books and teamed up with Five Below to give the organization all types of back-to-school essentials including undergarments, socks and personal hygiene items.
“A child wants to feel good head-to-toe, so we start with the bows to the sneakers. That’s important that they be able to start out school empowered with the things that they need, and they feel good about themselves,” said Lawrence.
Feeling good leads to good grades for both the students and the school.
“We were a C school. We moved to a B, and this year, we are finally an A school. Ms. Lawrence and The Embrace Girls plays a huge part,” said Yolanda Ellis, Principal of Arcola Lake Elementary.
Along with the supplies, the girls went home confident, inspired and ready to realize their dreams. For third grader Fernara Nolton, it very well may be a career in television.
“I am just so happy to be in Embrace Girls,” said Fernara.
The Embrace Girls Foundation shared several emails from parents expressing gratitude for the back-to-school supplies. One parent wrote ” Your help has relieved a considerable burden and ensured they are all well-prepared for their academic journey”.
Local 10 wants to give a special thanks to the viewers and all the sponsors for donating the supplies.
Local 10 wishes all South Florida students the best for the 2024-2025 school year.
For more information about the Embrace Girls Foundation, click on this link.
If you would like to highlight a mom who makes a difference in our community, send us an email at MomToMom@wplg.com.
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