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  A female student alerted Mainland High officials about the gun after she \"overheard a student in PE class (talking) about being in possession of a firearm on campus,\" the report said. \"Refer is the keyword,\" [Nancy Wait] said, as [Hills]' case will go before the district's Student Placement Committee, which will look at his background and school history before making a decision about expulsion. Mainland High did not enter any kind of lockdown on Thursday following the discovery of the gun, Wait said, explaining that officers took possession of the gun and the incident \"was very quickly handled so there was no disruption on the campus.\"

  None of Volusia's schools were left with \"catastrophic\" damage, said district spokeswoman Nancy Wait. Known areas needing attention include roofs where shingles were stripped away by the storm, interior leaks, downed trees with some blocking school entrances, damaged overhangs, portables and 125 school buses.

It's not clear what color the duck was painted, but Volusia schools spokeswoman Nancy Wait said the paint was removed and the duck was unharmed. \"The duck is fine,\" Wait said. \"He's been cleaned up.\" According to police, the teens painted lockers, doors and walls in several hallways. Wait said some of the paint was easily removed based on the surface it was sprayed on. She said that included the duck.

The \"highly inappropriate\" comment was made Thursday morning to a misbehaving third-grade class at Turie T. Small Elementary School, 800 South St., Volusia County Schools spokeswoman Nancy Wait said.

  \"Calling for an evacuation of a campus or cancelling classes due to a threat is an action we do not take lightly,\" Flagler County Superintendent Jacob Oliva said Thursday. \"Student safety is our primary concern. If a threat is made against a school, we would immediately work with our law enforcement partners to determine if the threat is credible.\" \"It's important for everyone in our community to know we take each threat seriously,\" Volusia County Sheriff's Office spokesman Andrew Gant said Thursday in an email. \"We all know that the vast majority of threats turn out to be jokes, hoaxes or idle talk. But we won't treat any threat as idle talk until we've conducted a thorough investigation that reveals whether the person making the threat has the intent and capability to do harm.\" \"It would have to be very critical, very credible, and something that is affecting every single school,\" [Jim Troiano] said. \"Certainly when there's a credible threat, we want to let the community know, and it's important that people make educated decisions and that we are keeping the campuses safe. But there has to be credible information enough to create that fear that if action wasn't taken, harm could come to not only the students, but faculty, parents, guardians or people visiting the school campus.\"

  Messages were sent to parents at 5 a.m. Thursday to make them aware of the situation, said Nancy Wait, Volusia school district spokeswoman. Although the threat wasn't considered credible, attendance was low and there was \"extra law enforcement at the school to be visible,\" Wait said. \"Kept my girls home from University High!! And normally I wouldn't believe any of this but I sat and played a movie in my head of the year of all over the united states all the \" other \" shootings. And I just don't wanna take a chance!!,\" her post read. \"So far, the investigation has revealed that there was no general threat directed at the school, its students or faculty,\" Wait said. \"The incident appears to have involved three girls arguing with each other over social media and did not involve threats directed at any other individuals.\"

  A 911 call placed from the school noted the player was \"passed out,\" and \"not responsive.\" \"We make sure all of our coaches are trained on hydration and what to look for,\" she said. \"Trainers are there and watching the kids, and they are making sure they are taking their water breaks.\"

  \"If the community is against it, we don't want to approach it. All the board members are very conscious of citizens and parents and students. We want to do what is best for all of you,\" she said. \"School administrators spend a lot of time with dress code issues,\" he said. \"But when you have 15 or 20 kids in your office because they are not in compliance and you have to call 15 to 20 parents and ask them to bring uniforms, and then parents say: \"I can't get off work.\" It's going to be a time-consuming issue. We want to start with elementary school students to train them, and because it will be a higher level of compliance.\" \"We have to do something about it,\" said [Linda Cuthbert] at the Aug. 11 meeting, adding that even some teachers don't dress professionally for work. \"Now just about everybody is violating (the dress code). I've seen slippers, pajama bottoms, all kinds of weird hats. It's important that we have something in place as soon as possible.\"

  In Flagler County, officials are hopeful they'll receive at least the same amount of funding as the current year (about $97 million). Neighboring counties, including Volusia, have added students in the past year and Superintendent Jacob Oliva said he's looking forward to growth in Flagler as well. But for now, the district is in a holding pattern, and it's neither adding new programs nor hiring staff to accommodate any anticipated enrollment increases. Oliva said he's hoping the picture will be clearer by mid-June. \"I think the governor's preparing for the worst and hoping for the best,\" he said. \"I think there's a lot that can happen in the Legislature throughout the month of June before we get to that point.\" \"I think their intent is to give us more money and I think they're going to do that,\" she said. \"But there's no guarantee.\"

  District spokeswoman Nancy Wait said she wasn't sure how many students were affected by the computer issues, but it was \"definitely more than five, probably more than 50.\" Not every Volusia school started testing on Monday. \"We had issues with logging in and with students being pushed off the system during the test,\" Wait said. \"That's just an issue you don't want to have to deal with during such high-stakes testing.\" \"This is our biggest fear coming true,\" [Joanne McCall] said. \" ... For us, it's a false start for students.\"