Tallahassee Reports has learned that the principal of Montford Middle School, Lewis Blessing, will facilitate a planned student protest this Friday related to the Parental Rights in Education bill that was recently signed into law by Governor DeSantis. The bill requires school officials to notify parents when counseling students on sensitive issues and limits instruction […]
The general fund budget for Leon County Schools is being hit with an unanticipated $11.5 million decrease. According to an item approved by Leon County School Board members on Tuesday, the decrease is the result of adjustments related to the Family Empowerment and McKay Scholarship school choice programs. Last year the impact was significantly less […]
During the March 22 Leon County School Board meeting, the Board heard an update from Sheriff Walt McNeil regarding the Council on the Status of Men and Boys. The Sheriff requested the LCSB consider contributing $70,000 to upstart the council._____Superintendent Rocky Hanna addressed the Board to recommend funding the efforts by Leon County Sheriff’s Office. […]
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 […]