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The Volusia County Schools District is testing out a news weapons detection system called "Evolv." The school district is the first in Florida to implement the advanced security screening technology.

The Volusia County Schools District is testing out a news weapons detection system called "Evolv." The school district is the first in Florida to implement the advanced security screening technology.

On this segment of FOX 35 Classroom, we speak to parenting, education and family expert, Connie Albers, about eliminating state tests and general math anxiety.

A celebratory parade took place at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom today. Six Orlando-area high school students participating in the Disney Dreamers Academy were among the 100 students taking part in the event. There was also a very special guest in attendance.

Allison Slater Tate, director of college counseling at Lake Mary Preparatory School, joins FOX 35 to discuss what the future looks like for federal student loans and grants after President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order that would eliminate the Department of Education.

Connie Albers — award-winning author, podcaster and speaker, as well as parenting, education and family expert — joins FOX 35 to discuss how President Donald Trump's executive order to dismantle the Department of Education could impact schools locally.

Students at the Orlando Science School recently finished in second place at Harvard University's Science Olympiad Competition. The middle schoolers from the OSS Lynx Campus competed with 39 other science teams in the Olympiad, which tested kids on a variety of topics, including meteorology and physiology.

"Gentech Education" co-founders Noh Goering, Arya Malekjahani and Arhan Sethi join FOX 35 to discuss their mission of helping senior citizens to better understand technology. The three co-founders attend Crooms Academy Of Information Technology in Sanford and also are dual-enrolled at Seminole State College.

FOX 35 Storm Team Meteorologist Jessica Dobson visits Waterbridge Elementary School in Orange County for this week's FOX 35 Storm School.

FOX 35's Amanda McKenzie heads over to Union Middle School in Orange County to see how the students and staff are celebrating National School Breakfast Week.

Students at Orlando Science Schools are showing off their work this morning, as the school's biomedical science program is getting national recognition. FOX 35's Morgan Parrish heads over to the school to tell us what the students and the staff have been working on.