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COVID-19 on the decline in county schools

Written by Jason Schaffer on . Posted in Community News, Schools.

HOLMES BEACH – Almost two months into the 2021-22 school year, Anna Maria Elementary School is now reporting three consecutive weeks with no COVID-19 cases among students or staff.

AME is also one of only two schools in Manatee County that has had no staff member test positive for the coronavirus this school year, the other being Jain Middle School. Anna Maria Elementary has reported 13 student cases this school year.

As of Friday, Oct. 1, there were seven students reporting COVID-19 positive tests in Manatee County and no staff cases. In contrast, more than 200 students were positive on Sept. 1. A total of 2,468 students and 358 staff members countywide have tested positive since the start of this school year.

While there is a mask mandate in Manatee County, it offers an opt-out clause that allows students and parents to make the choice to wear masks while in school. This opt-out clause keeps Manatee County in compliance with a Florida law that bans mask mandates without an opt-out clause.

As of Sept. 26, Sarasota County Schools dropped its mask mandate – which had no opt-out clause – due to a decline in students and staff testing positive for COVID-19. Sarasota County saw the positivity rate drop below 8%, but if it rises beyond 10%, the county’s policy calls for mandatory masks to resume.

COVID-19 procedures in Manatee County schools

  • All students and employees who are sick or who have symptoms will be sent home until they are symptom-free.
  • Temperature checks will be taken daily for all employees and randomly for students.
  • Reinforce and practice proper handwashing techniques among students and staff.
  • Provide and encourage the use of hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol.
  • Deep clean and disinfect schools and school buses daily, or in between uses as needed.
  • Make every effort to social distance as much as possible in schools.
  • District employees visiting schools, other than their own, must wear masks during the school day.
  • Provide plastic shields in elementary classrooms and cafeterias where possible.
  • All employees will answer COVID-related questions daily upon arriving at work.
  • Limit non-essential visitors and volunteers to school campuses.
  • Everyone eligible to be vaccinated is strongly encouraged to get vaccinated.
AME two weeks COVID free

AME two weeks COVID-19 free

Written by Jason Schaffer on . Posted in Community News, Schools.

HOLMES BEACH – For the first time since the start of the 2021-22 school year, Anna Maria Elementary has not reported any positive COVID-19 cases among students or staff for two consecutive weeks.

AME remains one of only two schools in Manatee County that has not reported any COVID-positive staff since the beginning of the year, and student cases remain among the lowest in the county at 12.

The numbers are dropping throughout the county, which has seen a total of 2,401 student cases and 355 staff testing positive since the beginning of the school year. As of Friday, Sept. 24, there were only nine students and nine staff reporting a positive COVID-19 status in the county. 

The School District of Manatee County has a mask mandate, but since there is an opt-out clause, it is not in violation of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ ban on mask mandates. Florida’s newly-appointed Surgeon General, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, signed new protocols on Sept. 22 allowing parents to decide whether their children should quarantine or stay in school if they are asymptomatic after being exposed to someone who has tested positive for COVID-19.

In terms of quarantine rules, Ladapo eliminated previous mandates requiring students to quarantine for at least four days off-campus if they’ve been exposed. Under the new guidelines, students who have been exposed can continue going to campus “without restrictions or disparate treatment” provided they are asymptomatic.

COVID-19 procedures in Manatee County schools

  • All students and employees who are sick or who have symptoms will be sent home until they are symptom-free.
  • Temperature checks will be taken daily for all employees and randomly for students.
  • Reinforce and practice proper handwashing techniques among students and staff.
  • Provide and encourage the use of hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol.
  • Deep clean and disinfect schools and school buses daily, or in between uses as needed.
  • Make every effort to social distance as much as possible in schools.
  • District employees visiting schools, other than their own, must wear masks during the school day.
  • Provide plastic shields in elementary classrooms and cafeterias where possible.
  • All employees will answer COVID-related questions daily upon arriving at work.
  • Limit non-essential visitors and volunteers to school campuses.
  • Everyone eligible to be vaccinated is strongly encouraged to get vaccinated.

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No new COVID cases at Anna Maria Elementary

Anna Maria Elementary remains free of staff COVID cases

No new COVID cases at Anna Maria Elementary

No new COVID cases at Anna Maria Elementary

Written by Jason Schaffer on . Posted in Community News, Schools.

HOLMES BEACH – For the first time since Manatee County schools began reporting positive COVID-19 cases among students and staff, Anna Maria Elementary reports no new cases among either students or staff for the week of Sept. 13-17. 

AME remains one of only three schools in the county that have had no staff members test positive since the beginning of the school year on Aug. 10. Although the number of positive cases among students is one of the lowest in the county, until last week there had been at least one student case each week with a total of 12 AME students testing positive for COVID-19 since the start of the 2021-22 school year. 

Countywide, 2,644 students and staff have reported positive COVID-19 cases since the start of school.

While Manatee County schools continue to report COVID-19 cases, the Florida Department of Health stopped reporting detailed statistics, including cases by zip code, in June. As a result, Florida Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith (D-Orlando) and the Florida Center for Government Accountability filed a lawsuit on Aug. 30 in Leon County Circuit Court against the department, alleging it violated public records laws by ceasing to provide detailed data about the COVID-19 pandemic.

The department posted detailed daily reports on COVID-19 cases on its website until Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered a change in June. The site then began posting weekly information focused more on vaccination rates.

Meanwhile, the subject of mask mandates in Florida schools remains a heated topic. The School District of Manatee County’s mask “mandate” contains an opt-out clause, but Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has already made good on his threat to withhold funds from districts that have mask mandates without an opt-out clause. Since school board members are not paid by the state, the governor’s plan is to withhold an amount of money equal to the salaries of the board members and superintendent’s salaries in the particular district in question. 

Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried announced last week that she was working with the White House to find a way to support schools that challenge the governor’s order.

“I’m so grateful to President Biden for responding to our appeal for supplemental funding for Florida schools and protecting the rights of our local school districts,” Fried said. “My office and I have been working with the White House to find ways to support school districts that have had their funding threatened by our Governor’s unconstitutional effort to prohibit them from following public health guidelines.

“There is a large pot of money that was allocated to our state through the American Rescue Plan that has not yet been distributed,” Fried said, “and we are working with the Biden Administration to see if this funding could be used to help schools and teachers who are standing up to do the right thing.”

The governor’s ban was blocked on Aug. 27 by Leon County Circuit Court Judge John Cooper, but Florida’s 1st District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee ruled on Sept. 10 to uphold the governor’s ban on mask mandates in schools.

Currently, 13 counties have defied the governor’s order by implementing mask mandates that do not have an opt-out clause, including Sarasota and Hillsborough locally. 

COVID-19 procedures in Manatee County schools

  • All students and employees who are sick or who have symptoms will be sent home until they are symptom-free.
  • Temperature checks will be taken daily for all employees and randomly for students.
  • Reinforce and practice proper handwashing techniques among students and staff.
  • Provide and encourage the use of hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol.
  • Deep clean and disinfect schools and school buses daily, or in between uses as needed.
  • Make every effort to social distance as much as possible in schools.
  • District employees visiting schools, other than their own, must wear masks during the school day.
  • Provide plastic shields in elementary classrooms and cafeterias where possible.
  • All employees will answer COVID-related questions daily upon arriving at work.
  • Limit non-essential visitors and volunteers to school campuses.
  • Everyone eligible to be vaccinated is strongly encouraged to get vaccinated.
Anna Maria Elementary leads county in brick and mortar learning option selections

Anna Maria Elementary remains free of staff COVID cases

Written by Jason Schaffer on . Posted in Community News, Schools.

HOLMES BEACH – While the Delta variant of COVID-19 continues to cause cases to soar, Anna Maria Elementary has made it through the first month of school with no staff testing positive and 12 positive student cases.

Of the 52 schools in Manatee County, Anna Maria Elementary is one of only four schools that have had no staff cases. Student cases also are among the lowest in the county.

While Manatee County has a school mask mandate, students may opt out for any reason, making the “mandate” more of a request than a rule. In contrast, nearby counties including Sarasota and Hillsborough only allow students to opt out for medical reasons.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has banned mask mandates, threatening to withhold funding from districts that violate the order and require masks, but 13 Florida school districts have implemented mask mandates without a parental opt-out in defiance of the governor.

Florida’s 1st District Court of Appeal ruled on Sept. 10 to uphold the governor’s ban on mask mandates in schools.

COVID-19 procedures in Manatee County schools

  • All students and employees who are sick or who have symptoms will be sent home until they are symptom-free.
  • Temperature checks will be taken daily for all employees and randomly for students.
  • Reinforce and practice proper handwashing techniques among students and staff.
  • Provide and encourage the use of hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol.
  • Deep clean and disinfect schools and school buses daily, or in between uses as needed.
  • Make every effort to social distance as much as possible in schools.
  • District employees visiting schools, other than their own, must wear masks during the school day.
  • Provide plastic shields in elementary classrooms and cafeterias where possible.
  • All employees will answer COVID-related questions daily upon arriving at work.
  • Limit non-essential visitors and volunteers to school campuses.
  • Everyone eligible to be vaccinated is strongly encouraged to get vaccinated.

Manatee County School Board extends mask ‘mandate’

Written by Jason Schaffer on . Posted in Community News, Featured, Schools.

HOLMES BEACH – As COVID-19 cases continue to rise, the Manatee County School Board voted 3-2 on Aug. 24 to extend a temporary mask mandate it passed on Aug. 16 requiring all students and staff to wear masks on campus.

The mandate includes an opt-out clause requiring parents to fill out an online form if they do not want their child to wear a mask.

Staff members also may opt out of the mask mandate.

The school board also approved a motion that would allow the superintendent to remove the mandate if the 7-day COVID-19 positivity rate in Manatee County is 8% or less. Otherwise, the mandate expires on Oct. 29.

When the Aug. 16 meeting was held, there were fewer than 700 cases of COVID-19 in Manatee County schoolchildren and fewer than 200 cases among staff. Anna Maria Elementary had reported two student cases of COVID-19 at that time.

Since then, the numbers at Anna Maria Elementary have risen to six students since the first day of school on Aug. 10 and 1,337 students countywide. Staff COVID-19 cases are currently at 220 countywide. 

While mask mandates are illegal under Florida law, some school districts have passed them despite Gov. Ron DeSantis’ warning that state funds can be withheld from those districts. Nearby districts that have passed mandates without opt-out clauses include Sarasota and Hillsborough. So far, no action has been taken by the state against the districts.

COVID-19 procedures in Manatee County schools

  • All students and employees who are sick or who have symptoms will be sent home
    until they are symptom-free.
  • Temperature checks will be taken daily for all employees and randomly for students.
  • Reinforce and practice proper handwashing techniques among students and staff.
  • Provide and encourage the use of hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol.
  • Deep clean and disinfect schools and school buses daily, or in-between uses as
    needed.
  • Make every effort to social distance as much as possible in schools.
  • District employees visiting schools, other than their own, must wear masks during the
    school day.
  • Provide plastic shields in elementary classrooms and cafeterias where possible.
  • All employees will answer COVID-related questions daily upon arriving at work.
  • Limit non-essential visitors and volunteers to school campuses.
  • Everyone eligible to be vaccinated is strongly encouraged to get vaccinated.
- Jason Schaffer | Sun

Anna Maria Elementary reports two student cases of COVID-19

Written by Jason Schaffer on . Posted in Community News, Schools.

HOLMES BEACH – Only 10 days into the 2021-22 school year and as the debate over mask mandates and mandatory staff vaccinations heats up, Anna Maria Elementary has reported two confirmed cases of students testing positive for COVID-19, according to the School District of Manatee County.

Two cases of COVID-19 were reported at AME last school year; one in November 2020 and one in February 2021.

The Manatee County School Board issued a temporary mask mandate on Monday, Aug. 16 requiring all students and staff to wear masks while on campus. The mandate expires on Aug. 25 and it is expected the board will consider extending it during its Tuesday, Aug. 24 meeting. Since the board included an opt-out clause in the mandate, any student or staff member who doesn’t want to wear a mask doesn’t have to, making it essentially meaningless. 

Currently, Manatee County is reporting 682 students testing positive and 143 staff cases countywide. There were 130 new cases as of Friday, Aug. 20, the second week of school, up from 178 total staff and student cases at the end of the first week of school, a 363% increase. 

Sarasota County passed a mandate without an opt-out clause on Friday, Aug. 20 during a special board meeting. Sarasota County reports 778 student COVID-19 cases since the start of the school year and 168 cases of staff members testing positive. DeSantis remarked that the mandate was illegal while speaking at Manatee Memorial Hospital in Bradenton the following day. 

Recently, the Hillsborough County School Board voted to have a mandate with no opt-out clause that is in effect through Friday, Sept. 17. The mandate is illegal under state law and drew the attention of Gov. Ron DeSantis, who said, “The forced masking of schoolchildren infringes upon parents’ rights to make health and educational decisions for their own children.”

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Anna Maria Elementary says goodbye to retiring staff members

Written by Jason Schaffer on . Posted in Community News, Schools.

HOLMES BEACH – The 2020-21 school year has come to an end and Anna Maria Elementary is saying goodbye to principal Jackie Featherston. Featherston has been serving in the district since 1979, and has been principal of Anna Maria Elementary for the past six years.

AME Principal Jackie Featherston is retiring. – Submitted

Mike Masiello has been named the new principal. Masiello has been with Manatee schools since 1996, most recently serving as principal of Ballard Elementary since 2016. 

Also retiring after the 2020-21 school year is Karen Paul, who has been with the school for 38 years.

“I am very grateful and honored to have had the incredibly special opportunity to have Karen Paul as my third-grade teacher, my daughter’s third-grade teacher, a dear friend, and a mentor teacher to me at Anna Maria Elementary for my first five years of teaching,” said Maggie VanWormer, a first-grade teacher at the school.

Fifth-grade teacher Mary Miller is also retiring. VanWormer said everybody loved her M&M theme. Anna Maria Elementary also says goodbye to Guidance Counselor Susan Tabicman and STEM teacher Jacque Jordan.

Anna Maria Elementary leads county in brick and mortar learning option selections

AME leads county in choosing on-site learning

Written by Joe Hendricks on . Posted in Community News, Schools.

HOLMES BEACH – Eighty-two percent of Anna Maria Elementary school students plan to attend school using the in-person, brick-and-mortar learning option if the new school year begins on Monday, Aug. 17 as planned.

That is the highest percentage in Manatee County, according to the school district. Countywide, the average for all 32 elementary schools combined is 69% for those who selected the brick-and-mortar learning option.

Just 18% of AME students will use the at-home, online eLearning option, the District reported, and none opted for the hybrid learning option – a combination of in-school and at-home learning.

At 80%, Ballard Elementary has the second-highest percentage of students who selected the brick-and-mortar method. At 57%, Daughtrey Elementary has the lowest.

At 38%, Daughtrey has the highest percentage of students who selected the eLearning option. At 18%, Anna Maria Elementary and Manatee Elementary have the lowest. Countywide, 27% of elementary students selected eLearning.

Braden River Elementary and Gullett Elementary have the highest percentage of students who selected the hybrid option – 18%.

Anna Maria Elementary is the only school that reported no students selecting the hybrid option.

“All three options, including hybrid, were offered to our parents. I spoke with three or four parents that inquired about the hybrid option but chose to do eLearning or return to brick-and-mortar instead,” Anna Maria Elementary Principal Jackie Featherston said via email.

The next lowest elementary schools in terms of hybrid option selections are Samoset Elementary, Ballard Elementary and Tillman Elementary at 1%. Countywide, 4% of elementary students selected the hybrid option.

Anna Maria Elementary leads county in brick and mortar learning selections
This chart illustrates the elementary school learning option selections made countywide. – School District of Manatee County | Submitted

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Students making the grade at home

Written by Tom Vaught on . Posted in Community News, Schools.

HOLMES BEACH – Anna Maria Elementary students and their parents are getting an education on how to learn online at home.

Izzy and Ava Taylor study while their cat, Brutus, sleeps. – Karen Paul | Submitted

The new system, called Schoology, is making learning possible while students and their families stay home during the COVID-19 self-quarantine.

“One of the most positive aspects of the experience is that the students and I still have unlimited communication,” Dr. Laura Redeker said. “Some call on the phone and we complete a math lesson together. One used an audio recording to send me a joke. Another student sends me videos holding finished work to the camera to let me know he completed his assignments. Many write me throughout the day in Schoology, with greetings, thoughts on assignments, and just our normal conversation. I still feel very connected to them all.”

Third-grade students sent teacher Karen Paul pictures online of them doing assignments to keep up morale, and apparently, it worked.

Lily Plummer is practicing her consular words at home. – Karen Paul | Submitted

“This has been a great learning experience for parents, staff and children,” said Ms. Paul. “All of my students have learned how to log on to Schoology and 100% of children have successfully completed their online assignments.”

“The teachers are all working together and sharing ideas. We are getting to interact with our students in new ways and the parents have been incredibly supportive,” Mrs. Pidge Barreda said.

Jackson Kennedy practices cursive writing at home. – Karen Paul | Submitted

“It was a learning experience for all, students and teachers. Everyone has truly been a team member to help one another,” Media Specialist Lynn McDonough said.

“We have had many long hours and challenges this week making sure that every student has logged on to Schoology and has received a computer if they needed one, Principal Jackie Featherston said. “Teachers are making adjustments with their plans to help meet the needs of families and students to give support and guidance as students learn from home. I am so proud of all our staff and families for making the best of this very challenging time. We can do this!”

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Holmes Beach mayor declares state of emergency

Written by SUN contributor on . Posted in Community News, Holmes Beach.

HOLMES BEACH – Amid growing COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus, concerns, Mayor Judy Titsworth declared a temporary state of emergency March 17. The state of emergency will last for seven days before it will either expire or another state of emergency will need to be declared.

Under the state of emergency, the city is eligible for federal and state emergency funds, if needed.

As of March 18, eight cases of patients with the coronavirus in Manatee County had been confirmed by the Florida Department of Health.

For residents and visitors to Holmes Beach, the declared state of emergency means that Titsworth may limit or suspend the sale of alcoholic beverages, establish a curfew and stop price gouging, among other things. Currently, no restrictions have been placed on Holmes Beach residents and visitors though everyone is encouraged by city, state and federal leaders to practice social distancing, limit gatherings to 10 people or less and wash hands regularly.

Some business owners have restrictions placed on them but those have come from the state. Gov. Ron DeSantis required all bars and nightclubs in the state of Florida to close for a 30-day period beginning at 5 p.m. on March 17. Restaurants can still operate, however, they are required to operate at 50% seating capacity for the safety of staff and diners.

Local schools also are affected by the coronavirus with schools, including Anna Maria Elementary School, shuttered until April 15. Manatee County School District employees will return to work for the week of March 23-27 to complete instructions for K-12 students to continue learning at home beginning March 30 using a remote learning program called Schoology. Students will be able to work online from home and communicate with their teachers through the program.

State testing and school grades for the year are canceled by DeSantis with students to have the option of moving forward next school year or remaining in their current grade.

For more information on the city of Holmes Beach’s response to the coronavirus threat, visit the city’s website. For more information on the school district, visit the Manatee County School District website.

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School turns back the clock

School turns back the clock

Written by Tom Vaught on . Posted in Entertainment, Events, Family fun.

HOLMES BEACH – Part of the past was unearthed last week, although it was almost lost forever.

A time capsule, buried in 1994, was unearthed near the school’s auditorium after its location was blurred over time. The Manatee County School Board had to send a tractor to expedite finding it, according to AME Principal Jackie Featherston. “Instead of burying it just a little, it was buried four feet or so,” she told the crowd at the celebration Monday morning, May 20.

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A view of the future from 1994 by Shawn LaPensee, now Shawn Shield and a mother herself. – Tom Vaught | Sun

Staff opened the plastic capsule and removed stories students wrote in 1994. Some of those students attended the ceremony and some were parents of students today. Former principal James Kronus attended the ceremony and he was mentioned a lot during the festivities.

The students put on skits for the decades, beginning in 1900 when the school was a single room building in Anna Maria. The witty skits mentioned Kronus as they unfurled another decade.

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Former principal James Kronus speaks to the students. – Tom Vaught | Sun

After the ceremony, Kronus said it was great to see everybody and he was fervent about the need to keep the school going, despite the loss of Island residents. Presently, the majority of students live off-Island and attend the Island school through the School Choice program.

Students learn about the bay beyond

Students learn about the bay beyond

Written by Tom Vaught on . Posted in Community News, Schools.

Anna Maria Elementary School is unique because of its location on Anna Maria Sound and every year teachers take advantage of that to further educate students about life in an estuary.

Third graders took the tour Friday. Thanks to a grant, guides from Around the Bend Nature Tours were there to identify the critters that were netted, put in water-filled containers, observed and returned to their habitat.

Third-grade teacher Karen Paul‘s class brought in some starfish, a tiny seahorse, some whelps and other shells. Many of the kids knew something about the creatures of the sea because of living near the beach both on the Island or the mainland nearby.

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Olivia Sauls looks at some critters. – Karen Paul | Submitted
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AME super achievers

Written by Sun staff on . Posted in Anna Maria Island, Community News, Schools.

A team of five Anna Maria Elementary (AME) fifth-graders earned first place in the Manatee County School District’s countywide “Battle of the Books” competition on Friday, March 15 at State College of Florida.

The AME team had read all 15 books that are Sunshine State Readers for this school year. The school earned a trophy that will stay at AME until the battle next year. Each member of the team received their own personal trophy and a medal. Battle of the Books is a reading competition that Anna Maria Elementary has been doing every year for the last seven years. This was the first year that the county had a district competition.

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A haunting in Anna Maria

Written by Tom Vaught on . Posted in Anna Maria Island, Center of Anna Maria Island, Community News, Schools.

ANNA MARIA – Autumn was in the air Saturday morning as a cold front moved in. Anna Maria Elementary School’s PTO was holding its Fall Festival, and the fact that Halloween was coming meant the kids were wearing their scariest costumes.

This year, the PTO held the parade and Fall Festival in new venues – City Pier Park and The Center, where many of the students go after school.

Holmes Beach Police Chief Bill Tokajer still led the parade with AME Resource Officer Josh Fleischer and Holmes Beach Police Sgt. Vern McGowan.

The kids and their parents put effort into their costumes, and the winners were announced after the parade at The Center.

There was fun to be had after the parade disbanded. There were games, a bounce house, an inflatable slide and a tall rock-climbing wall and the haunted house, a masterpiece of terror built by the parents.

The Waterfront restaurant sponsored a hayride, and there were hot dogs and hamburgers available. Many of the kids will don their costumes again to participate in the Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce Trail of Treats, starting at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 31.

Kindergarten teachers Mrs. Crawford and Mrs.Querrard dressed for the occasion. - Tom Vaught | Sun

Kindergarten teachers Mrs. Crawford and Mrs.Querrard dressed for the occasion. - Tom Vaught | Sun

Mrs. Payne's class was all smiles as they marched toward The Center. - Tom Vaught | Sun

Mrs. Payne's class was all smiles as they marched toward The Center. - Tom Vaught | Sun

Waves and smiles from Mrs. Demo's class. - Tom Vaught | Sun

Waves and smiles from Mrs. Demo's class. - Tom Vaught | Sun

Mrs. Buff's class and parents wore colorful costumes. - Tom Vaught | Sun

Mrs. Buff's class and parents wore colorful costumes. - Tom Vaught | Sun

The kids marched from the Anna Maria City Pier Park to The Center. - Tom Vaught | Sun

The kids marched from the Anna Maria City Pier Park to The Center. - Tom Vaught | Sun

A surprise waited inside the haunted house at The Center. - Tom Vaught | Sun

A surprise waited inside the haunted house at The Center. - Tom Vaught | Sun

Holmes Beach Police Chief Bill Tokajer led the parade. - Tom Vaught | Sun

Holmes Beach Police Chief Bill Tokajer led the parade. - Tom Vaught | Sun