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  • St. Johns County parents share street safety concerns for students moving to new Nocatee school

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    Two new K-8 schools are opening in St. Johns County next year. Some parents think plans for the one in Nocatee need some revisiting.

    The St. Johns County School Board met to go over some of the changes earlier this week. The board’s presentation showed somewhere in the range of 800-1,100 students at Pine Island Academy, another K-8 school in Nocatee, may be moved to the new school next year.

    The new school hasn’t been named yet, so, right now, it’s known as “K-8 RR.” It’s located on Conservation Trail near the Seabrook Village and Settler’s Landing neighborhoods within Nocatee.

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    Some parents have been sharing concerns about how safe their kids will be if they end up taking a new route to walk to school.

    “We already have a bunch of accidents that happen out there all the time,” one of those parents, Tim Bosch, told Action News Jax. Bosch said his daughter goes to Pine Island Academy now, and may be one of the students who is moved to the new school.

    “Maybe we need to bring down the speed limit during the day,” Bosch said, “I think that we really do need to streamline this so kids are walking less of a distance.”

    Action News Jax found there are sidewalks on both sides of the road leading to the new school site. Florida law also requires kids to have a safe way to walk to school.

    But it’s not stopping other parents, like Cole Naldzin, from worrying.

    “I think that’s an absolutely valid concern for every single parent in any district, in any community, anywhere,” said Naldzin.

    Moving kids between schools is nothing new in St. Johns County. It happens not only every time a new school comes online, but Action News Jax has told you in recent years when some students had to move between schools, mostly because some were overcrowded.

    It’s why some parents say they’re already expecting their students to be moved.

    “The reality is somebody’s child will have to take a different path to school,” Naldzin said.

    RELATED: St. Johns County schools to host town halls with the Superintendent

    We reached out to the St. Johns County School District for a response to some of the concerns shared by parents both in and out of this week’s school board meeting, but we’re still waiting for a response.

    The school district said the school board will meet again on October 7th to go over its possible plans to move students around between the new schools that are opening.

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  • TRAFFIC ALERT: Crash blocks lane on I-95 in St. Johns County

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    A crash on I-95 North in St. Johns County is causing delays Saturday morning.

    The Florida Highway Patrol says the crash happened just after the International Golf Parkway exit.

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    The right lane is currently blocked as troopers and emergency crews respond.

    St. Johns County Fire Rescue said crews responded to the crash at 11:15 a.m. They confirmed there were only minor injuries and no one was taken to the hospital.

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    Drivers should expect backups in the area and use caution.

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  • Despite millions of dollars in costs, beach renourishment projects not going anywhere

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    As Hurricane Erin churns hundreds of miles off of Florida’s east coast, the impacts from the storm can be felt along the northeast Florida shore, and seen on the beach.

    In St. Johns County on Wednesday, sticks started to pile up from the tide, along with other debris.

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    To preserve the beaches, the US Army Corps of Engineers oversees beach renourishment projects across the country, including here in Florida. Jason Harrah is a project manager for the Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville division. He says the projects, while beneficial, can be quite costly.

    “I can tell you just in the last two years, in 2024 and so far in 2025, we spent about $137 million dollars of federal money restoring the beaches from Fernandina, in Duval County, St Johns, and all the way down in Flagler County just focusing on northeast Florida,” said Harah. “We’ve restored all those beaches from the impacts previously of Ian and Nicole and just normal erosion. So, we spend a significant amount of money, as Congressionally authorized, to restore our beaches for multiple reasons.”

    Harah says he doesn’t expect too much damage to the beaches from Hurricane Erin. But with more hurricanes potentially on the way, and the high cost to renourish beaches, we asked if he thinks there will ever be an end to beach renourishment.

    “It seems to be the most environmentally friendly, most cost-effective alternative to combat the impacts of these hurricanes and even Nor’easters,” said Harrah. “So in the immediate future, I don’t see an impact to it, or I don’t see an end to it, I should say.”

    Harrah says they will have teams out on the beaches to survey the damage as needed when the storm impacts die down.

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  • Watch as possible tornado touchdown hits North Florida, causes significant damage

    Watch as possible tornado touchdown hits North Florida, causes significant damage

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    A confirmed tornado caused damage in the St.Johns County area on Thursday morning. The National Weather Service said there was visual confirmation of the tornado in the World Golf Village Trailmark subdivision. They also noted excellent radar indication of a tornado. Video below shows the possible tornado touchdown as it passes through the area around 11:30 a.m. In photos posted by St. Johns County Fire Rescue, many yards can be seen with significant damage. Fences are ripped apart, play structures are knocked over, and debris litters the floor. The National Weather Service still has to confirm if the tornado touched down. A survey team will go out to the area to assess damage in the coming days and determine how strong the storm actually was.This confirmed tornado is part of a severe line of storms that tore through Central Florida throughout the morning and afternoon on Thursday. Many counties in the area were put under an extended tornado watch. At one point, officials put Volusia and Flagler counties under a tornado warning.

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    A confirmed tornado caused damage in the St.Johns County area on Thursday morning.

    The National Weather Service said there was visual confirmation of the tornado in the World Golf Village Trailmark subdivision. They also noted excellent radar indication of a tornado.

    Video below shows the possible tornado touchdown as it passes through the area around 11:30 a.m.

    In photos posted by St. Johns County Fire Rescue, many yards can be seen with significant damage. Fences are ripped apart, play structures are knocked over, and debris litters the floor.

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    The National Weather Service still has to confirm if the tornado touched down. A survey team will go out to the area to assess damage in the coming days and determine how strong the storm actually was.

    This confirmed tornado is part of a severe line of storms that tore through Central Florida throughout the morning and afternoon on Thursday.

    Many counties in the area were put under an extended tornado watch. At one point, officials put Volusia and Flagler counties under a tornado warning.

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