Oh My Gator! 6-Foot-Long Alligator Trapped and Removed from Florida Elementary School Grounds
Photo: St. Johns County Sheriff Office “The alligator ate my homework” might be a valid excuse for at least one Florida school. On March 4, an alligator over six feet long was sighted in a retention pond next to the Palm Valley Academy in Ponte Vedra Beach. The school was in session at the time and serves over 1,300 students, kindergarten through 8th grade. Despite a chain link fence separating the pond from the education center, the community decided the large reptile was too close for comfort....