Provided below are the news briefs from the November 18, 2025, Leon County School Board meeting. Items for Consideration -all votes were unanimous, 4-0. (Jones absent) Item 19.01. The Board held the annual meeting of the Leon County School Board Leasing Corporation. There was no business before the Leasing Corporation. Item 19.02, Item 19.03 & Item 19.04. The […]
On November 18th, the Leon County School Board will discuss approving the Unified School Improvement Grant (UniSIG) Supplemental Teacher and Administrator Allocation of $157,500. If approved, the grant will be awarded to Oak Ridge Elementary and Griffin Middle School, helping the schools recruit and retain teachers and ultimately improve student outcomes. This grant ensures the […]
Provided below are the news briefs from the October 28, 2025, Leon County School Board meeting. Items for Consideration -all votes were unanimous. Item 19.01 Following a public hearing, the Board voted to approve amendments to Policy 5136 – Wireless Communication Devices, effective October 29, 2025. The revisions to this policy include updated language referencing allowable possession […]
Provided below are the news briefs from the October 14, 2025, Leon County School Board meeting. Items for Consideration -all votes were unanimous. Item 19.01 The Board voted to approve the members of the Lively Technical College Titan Advisory Committee On August 12, 2025, the Leon County School Board approved the vision of the Titan […]
Lively Technical College, in partnership with Leon County Schools, recently announced the opening of a new state-of-the-art welding facility at Chiles High School, made possible through a $631,000 grant from the Florida Department of Education (DOE). “This new facility at Chiles marks a significant step in modernizing education and addressing workforce needs,” said BJ Van […]
The latest Leon County Sheriff’s Office School Resource 2024-25 Annual Report is out, and it shows a 38.3% increase in high school arrests when compared to 2023-24. The increase was driven by a significant increase in arrests at Leon and Rickards high schools. The chart below shows the arrests for each of the five major […]
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 […]
A recent Facebook message by Leon County School Board member Darryl Jones labeling Charlie Kirk a “racist, misogynist, homophobic klansman” has resulted in a response from the Republican party. Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed Sept. 10 while speaking at a Utah University as part of his American Comeback tour. The FB message, […]
Provided below are the news briefs from the September 9, 2025, Leon County School Board meeting. LCS Budget Items The Leon County School Board voted 4-0 (Cox not present) to approve Item 1.02 Final Budget Amendments for 2024-2025, Item 1.03 Annual Financial Report & the Report of Financial Data and Fund Balance Designation 2024-2025, and Item 1.04 Final […]
Provided below are the news briefs from the August 26, 2025, Leon County School Board meeting. Recognition of Continuously High-Performing Schools Item 2.01: The recognized schools were those that have achieved all ‘A’s in the last five years or consistently ‘A’s and ‘B’s. Elementary Schools: Buck Lake, Gilchrist, Hawks Rise, Killarney Lakes, Roberts, and DeSoto […]