Community activists hope the financial literacy center will become an attraction and reverse enrollment decline.
Original Air Date: January 7, 2026
Host: Sarasota’s Newtown community is seeing a transformation. For decades, the Booker schools have been the cultural anchors of this neighborhood. Today, faced with dropping enrollment, these historic institutions are being reimagined. Ed James has a family history tied to these schools reaching back to 1935. He brings us this report…