Coastal Breeze News

By Danielle Dodder “It was creepy,” describes Captain Dave Baer as he developed a school violence training scenario that turned into a prophetic one. Four days before multiple area agencies converged on the Tommie Barfield/MICMS campuses to play out a response to a father resolving a custody dispute by trying to forcibly remove his children from school, the tragically real version happened at High Springs Community School in Alachua County, Florida. Voted the ‘Friendliest Small Town’ in Florida, High Springs has a population of about 5,000 and draws tourists to its high-end outdoor recreation. On May 18, a 63 year- ... Read More »