Below are the meeting briefs from the Leon County School Board business meeting on January 10, 2024. The Leon County School Board recognized the FHSAA State Champion Chiles High School Timberwolves United Flag Football Team and the individual Chiles High School Swim and Dive Team FHSAA State Champions. The Board approved Superintendent Hanna’s recommendation to […]
At today’s Leon County School Board meeting, the Board will consider Superintendent Hanna’s recommendation to approve a contract with Wagstaff & Cartmell and four firms as co-counsel to represent the Board in a lawsuit against social media companies. The contract will provide authority for the law firms to file a lawsuit against Meta, Facebook, Instagram, […]
On Wednesday, Joe Burgess, the current principal at Chiles High School filed paper work with the Leon County Supervisor of Elections to run for Leon County Superintendent of Schools in 2024. Burgess filed to run as a NPA – no party affilaition. Superintendent Rocky Hanna filed to run for re-election earlier this year. Hanna filed […]
On Thursday December 21 at 8:30 a.m., the Tallahassee Growth Management Department will hold a Type A & Pre-Submittal meeting. The Type A & Pre-Submittal meetings allow applicants to receive detailed comments on their project proposals from all relevant departments. The goal is to identify potential problems & solutions early in process. Listed below are […]
On Tuesday, December 12th, the Leon County School Board (Board) will consider a recommendation from Superintendent Hanna to approve an agreement to address at-risk high school students. The Superintendent is recommending that the Board approve a 2023-2026 agreement between the School Board of Leon County, Florida, the Leon County Sherriff’s Office, and the Florida A&M […]
An audit of the Tallahassee Police Department’s (TPD) use of force policy found TPD’s policy aligns with best practices but made three recommendations that could enhance the policy. In response to many high-profile events across the nation which have raised concerns about the use of force by law enforcement agencies, the City Commission directed the […]
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. The four day celebration combines family, friends, football, food, and traditions. The seasonal decorations and putting the leaf in the dinner table adds to to the anticipation of seeing friends and family together for the first time in months and in some cases, more than a year. Lately, one of […]
A review of data tabulated by Florida school districts and provided to the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) shows that the Leon County out-of-school suspension rate in 2021-22 was 11.0%. This rate is 80% higher than the statewide rate of 6.1%. The out-of-school suspension rate was calculated by dividing the number of annual out-of-school suspensions […]
The Leon County Commission voted 6-1 to move forward with an ordinance that would prohibit solicitation and panhandling on private property, but did not address such activities in the median of roadways. Currently, private property owners and lessees in Tallahassee-Leon County must request an individual be trespassed off of their property or a blanket trespass […]
Text messages obtained by Tallahassee Reports show that a discussion between a campaign contributor and Leon County Commissioner David O’Keefe during a September 21, 2023 Blueprint meeting concluded that the Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency attorney – Susan Dawson – was “absolutely awful.” Dawson began serving as the Blueprint Attorney on November 7, 2019. She received her […]