Advisory 8AM EST

Tropical Storm Fay is about 80 miles E of Havana and 180 miles S SE of the Florida Keys as of 8 AM. Please take the necessary precautions and double check your storm supplies.

Forecast: Courtesy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Today: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 90. Southeast wind between 5 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Tonight: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 74. East southeast wind between 5 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Tuesday: Tropical storm conditions possible. Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 87. East wind 20 to 25 mph increasing to between 30 and 40 mph. Winds could gust as high as 50 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Tuesday Night: Tropical storm conditions possible. Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 75. South southeast wind 30 to 40 mph, with gusts as high as 55 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Wednesday: Tropical storm conditions possible. Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 87. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Wednesday Night: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 75. South southwest wind between 10 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Thursday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 90. South wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Thursday Night: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 76. East southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 90. East wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Friday Night: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 75. Northeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a high near 90. Northeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Saturday Night: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 75. East northeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 89. Northeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

The Osceola County School District officially starts their calendar year next Monday. While we are all eager to have a great school year, some of you might be waiting until the last minute to get your students properly clothed and ready for their first day.

The uniform requirements are somewhat simple, however finding clothes that are within those simple guidelines is quite another story.

Of the 3 department stores and shops we visited yesterday, we were only able to come away with 2 outfits for elementary age students, and 1 combination of khaki pants and white polo shirts for middle and high school size students. The elemtary ourfits consisted of two “skorts” at $26.88 a piece and a polo shirt at $10.00 - well over $60.00 total. This can’t possibly be a great situation for all of those parents out there that are relying on local merchants to stock school clothes that fit and abide by the school policies.

As parents, students and tax payers should agree, the implementation of a county wide uniform requirement should have included the schools contacting local merchants and notifying them of such requirements so that they could adequately prepare. The cafeteria sales of uniform shirts and “school spirit” shirts is simply not enough to relieve the school system of this duty. The uniform shirts available at the schools seemed way over priced, and poor quality, with the white shirts being nearly see through when worn. One must wonder if the decision makers responsibile have school aged children in this county.

Head to Wal-Mart in St. Cloud Now!

As of this writing, the Wal-Mart in St. Cloud has just stocked a “School Uniform” rack (three days before school starts) and the clothes are being snatched up and bought extremely rapidly. The middle and high school wear is already bare, and the elementary school clothes are dwindling fast as well, but you might luck out and find something for your student.

Help Out Parents

If you find a local merchant that seems to have a good supply of acceptable school uniform clothes, please comment below and let some of the other parents know!