ST. LUCIE COUNTY — It appears that quick and well-organized protests by residents of three neighborhoods has squelched, for now, a proposal to end a decades-old agreement that sends their children to Martin County schools instead of St. Lucie County schools.

As an upshot of their protests, residents of Beau Rivage, Beau Rivage Estates and Bay Colony are again talking about annexing their properties into nearby Martin County.

Schools Superintendent Michael Lannon will ask School Board members to remove from Tuesday’s board agenda his recommendation to move some 40 of the neighborhoods’ students from Martin County schools into St. Lucie County schools, according to a memo written Monday by Kathy McGinn, assistant superintendent for strategic planning at St. Lucie County schools.
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The economy is so bad, St. Lucie County officials are thinking about declaring a state of emergency.

St. Lucie County commissioners explored creative methods to lower unemployment and stave the foreclosure mess, including the possibility of declaring a state of emergency to help local companies and laborers find work. (more…)