At the March 8th Leon County School Board meeting, the Board approved changes to several Allstate Construction, Inc. contracts related to Rickards High School projects due to savings. The first change was in the amount of $103,089 for a new contract total of $7,271,675 for the phase IV project. The second change was for $118,460, […]
Superintendent Rocky Hanna recognized the Leon High School Principal Michael Bryan, Student Government Sponsor Josh Stewart, and the Leon High School Student Government, who raised roughly $45,000 for the TMH Cancer Center._____Superintendent Rocky Hanna recognized the Leon High Dance Marathon Committee, which just completed a fundraising drive that ended with a dance marathon. The fundraiser […]
During the Leon County School Board agenda review on Monday, March 7, Superintendent Rocky Hanna informed board members that he decided to streamline operations by consolidating services provided by the Intervention Services Department. Services related to children experiencing homelessness and foster care will now be handled by the departments for School Choice and the Office […]
Expense records indicate that school district funds were used to pay for Leon County School District employees to attend the “All Together Now” (ATN) conference sponsored by Equality Florida. Equality Florida is a left-wing progressive group that advocates for LGBTQ issues and was recently in the news for attacking Governor Ron DeSantis via television advertisements. The group is registered […]
The Leon County School Board approved a partnership with Second Harvest of the Big Bend for the pilot Hope 24/7 Grocery Locker Program, located at Sabal Palm Elementary School. Second Harvest of the Big Bend’s mission is to feed hungry, food-insecure people in North Florida’s Big Bend region and educate and engage the community in […]
Listed below are notes from the February 22nd Leon County School Board meeting._____Superintendent Rocky Hanna recognized the Chiles High School Cheerleader Team for competing in the State Championship and placing second. _____The Board heard a report on the district’s financial audits. Some of the highlights were; “the general funds assigned and unassigned balances totaled 14.2% […]
The Leon County School Board recently approved two federal grants – the ESSER II Reading Tutor Cares Grant for $724,434 and the Civics Literacy Grant in the amount of $120,437. The purpose of the grants are to support education loss caused by the pandemic. The ESSER II Reading Tutor Cares Grant will provide tutoring to […]
Listed below are notes from the February 8th Leon County School Board meeting._____Mayor John Dailey and the office of US Congressman Al Lawson addressed the LCSB about the Book Surplus Program offered by the Library of Congress. The Library of Congress donates the books to schools, libraries, community centers, and other organizations in the district […]
During the Leon County School Board agenda review meeting on February 7, 2022, the Board discussed the impacts on Leon County schools of the $2 million grant for Tallahassee Community College (TCC) for a Career and Technical Education (CTE) charter school. The $2 million to TCC is “like a gut punch to Leon County Schools,” […]
At the Tuesday Leon County School Board meeting, Superintendent Hanna will recommend Board approval of the membership and by-laws of the Leon County Schools Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) Support Guide Advisory Committee. According to the by-laws, the purpose of the LGBT+ Advisory Committee is to provide written guidance for school administrators and […]