- December 14, 2025
+ Uniforms drive: seeking gently used school clothes
Flagler schools are currently accepting donations of new or gently used shirts for uniforms, until July 31, at all public school offices.
Acceptable donations are collared long- and short-sleeve polo shirts, button-up and Oxford-style dress shirts. Acceptable colors are as follows: blue and green (at Bunnell Elementary), royal and powder blue (Belle Terre Elementary), blue and green (Buddy Taylor Middle), green and pink (Flagler Palm Coast High), maroon and gold (Indian Trails Middle), royal blue and pink (Matanzas High), royal blue and pink (Old Kings Elementary), green (Phoenix), burgundy and beige (Rymfire Elementary), and blue and red (Wadsworth).
There are currently 308 homeless students enrolled in Flagler schools, 150 students are in foster care and 60% qualify for free or reduced.
+ Reckless driving leads to crash of Valentine’s daughter
Sarah Jean Namdar-Yeganeh, 28, of Flagler Beach, is in serious condition after a June 13 crash.
Namdar-Yeganeh, who is the daughter of Schools Superintendent Janet Valentine, was charged with reckless driving, driving with a suspended license and not wearing a seat belt. She swerved her 1997 Saturn on State Road 9 and struck a 2008 Nissan Altima driven by Palm Coast resident Melody G. Travers, 55. Namdar-Yeganeh then crossed three lanes of traffic, struck a guard rail, overturned a number of times and was ejected through the window of her vehicle, according to the report.
She was transported to Halifax Medical Center.
Travers had no injuries and was wearing a seat belt.
+ Flagler County TV available on U-Verse
Flagler County Television, or FCTV, is now offered on AT&T’s U-Verse. See www.flaglercounty.org.
+ Public Meetings
Palm Coast City Council — the next regular meeting is 9 a.m. Tuesday, June 19, at the Palm Coast Community Center.
Flagler County Board of County Commissioners — the next regular meeting is 5 p.m. Monday, June 18, at the Government Services Building.
• The next budget workshop is 9 a.m. Tuesday, June 19, at the Emergency Operations Center.
Flagler County School Board — the next workshop is 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 19, at the Government Services Building. The meeting follows, at 6 p.m.
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