Education software giant acquires local startup

Illinois-based Follett School Solutions, the nation's largest provider of K-12 educational software, recently acquired a Tampa serial entrepreneur's academic fundraising platform.

Gary Hensley, CEO of Livingtree, told the Catalyst that Follett School Solutions' officials sought to increase fundraising management efforts and bolster parent and community connections. Hensley and Livingtree’s employees will now join the 151-year-old edtech conglomerate.

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Was Thursday’s Black History flag-raising event St. Pete’s last?

Mayor Ken Welch, city officials and community leaders gathered at St. Petersburg’s City Hall Thursday morning for the ninth annual Black History Month flag-raising ceremony. State legislation jeopardizes a decennial celebration.

The tradition began in 2016 under former Mayor Rick Kriseman. It celebrates the start of Black History Month with a ceremonial raising of the Dr. Carter G. Woodson flag, who, in 1926, launched the annual observance of Negro History Week during the first week of February.

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