Despite a decrease, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement released data for 2018 that shows Leon County leads the state of Florida in crime rate for the fifth year in a row. The crime rate per 100,000 residents in Leon county decreased by 7.2% over 2017 numbers. The table below shows that the violent crime […]
At the last Leon County School Board meeting on June 19th, personnel decisions were announced for the upcoming school year. The personnel decisions were included in a 176 page document which addressed teacher, principal, assistant principal, and administrative appointments. Also included in the personnel decisions was a list of instructional resignations, which totaled 110. Based […]
A new report addressing home affordability – which was cited by the Wall Street Journal – shows that it takes longer for home-buyers in the City of Tallahassee to save for a down payment to purchase a home than in a number of other Florida cities. In January 2019, one of the top priorities set […]
A review of out of school suspensions (OSS) for Leon County middle schools during the 2017-2018 school year shows that Fairview Middle School leads the group with 194 suspensions. Fairview is followed by Nims (166) and Griffin (136). TR has previously reported on high school suspension data. The data, provided below, indicates that during 2017-2018 […]