Leon County School Board Meeting Briefs: September 23, 2025

Provided below are the news briefs from the September 23, 2025, Leon County School Board meeting.

Items for Consideration -all votes were unanimous.

Item 19.01 The Board voted to approve the District’s School Security Risk Assessment recommendations. The District School Risk Assessment recommendations are confidential and exempt from public record pursuant to section 1006.1493(5); however, they have been made available to the School Board members to review at the District Security Center.

Item 19.02 This item, related to renaming district facilities, was pulled from the agenda.

Item 19.03 The Board voted to advertise amendments to Policy 8420 – Emergency Management, Emergency Preparedness, and Emergency Response Agencies, for a public hearing and adoption on October 28, 2025. Revisions to this policy include language addressing the security of campus access points, defining exclusive and nonexclusive zones, and notifying substitutes of school safety protocols.

Item 19.04 The Board voted to advertise amendments to Policy 9150 – School Visitors, for a public hearing and adoption on October 28, 2025. Revisions to this policy include clarifying visitor identification badges and a section addressing Visitation by Board Members and Legislators.

Item 19.05 The Board voted to advertise amendments to Policy 8407 – Safe-School Officers, for a public hearing and adoption on October 28, 2025. Revisions to this policy establishes a stand-alone section for Report to Florida Department of Law Enforcement and specifies school security guard training requirements.

Item 19.06 The Board voted to advertise amendments to Policy 7510 – Use of District Facilities, for a public hearing and adoption on October 28, 2025. The revisions to this policy include open track usage.

Item 19.07 The Board voted to approve the Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare, Inc. Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Agreement in the amount of $42,000. Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare, Inc. provides assistance to the employer and the employees regarding productivity concerns, personal concerns including but not limited to health, marriage, family, financial issues, alcohol and drug addiction, legal, emotional, stress or other personal issues that may affect job performance. 

Item 19.08 The Board voted to approve out of county travel for LCSB Chair Cox and LCSB Member Smith to travel to the 2025 FSBA Board of Directors’ Leadership Development Training and Meeting, October 8 through October 10, 2025. Board policy requires that all out of county travel be approved in advance by the school board. FSBA is paying for registration and hotel accommodations for invited school board members. No District funds will be utilized for this travel request.

Item 19.09 The Board approved an MOU with the Boys and Girls Club of the Big Bend and 21st Century. In partnership with the BGCBB, 21st CCLC program will provide academic and enrichment activities after school at Bond, Oak Ridge, Sabal Palm, Springwood, and Griffin campuses through the 2025-2026 school year.

The MOU will formally establish a funding partnership that sustains the quality and scope of 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC) programs across identified school sites: Bond Elementary, Oak Ridge Elementary School, Sabal Palm Elementary, Springwood Elementary, and Griffin Middle School, which will commence on or after October 9, 2025.