With less than seven weeks left in the hotly contested Florida gubernatorial campaign between Ron DeSantis and Andrew Gillum, campaign records show that a company tied to Leon County School Superintendent Rocky Hanna and registered in Las Vegas, Nevada, donated $50,000 to the Forward Florida PAC which was supporting Gillum. Records show that two $25,000 […]
After repeated requests by Tallahassee Reports, Leon County Schools finally provided information that indicates that LCS failed to properly follow Florida Sunshine Laws related to 45 agenda review meetings during the period covering January, 2017 to August, 2019. Specifically, LCS failed to properly produce complete minutes of the meetings and failed to audio record 10 […]
Discrepancies between statements from the mother of a local student murdered in Tallahassee and information provided by Leon County Schools (LCS) raises questions about how LCS accounts for students that seek to withdraw from school and the subsequent impact on graduation statistics. TR reported on March 29, 2019, that Godby High School had the highest […]
Records show that local political insider Sean Pittman, whose connections to the City of Tallahassee have recently been diminished, has made moves to increase his influence with the Leon County School (LCS) Board. In fact, Pittman’s recent activities with the LCS Board is beginning to look remarkably similar to his activities with the City of […]
The Success Academy’s new leadership team, trained in trauma-informed care and certified in youth mental health, is helping struggling students who have fallen behind at more traditional schools catch up, fill in gaps in their education, and, well, succeed. In June, Jessica Lowe became the new principal the Success Academy At Ghazvini Learning Center, an […]
At the Monday Leon County Schools (LCS) Board Agenda Review meeting, Board member Rosanne Wood inquired about highlighting schools that have successfully implemented strategies that resulted in a decline in discipline measures like suspensions. Ms. Wood stated that her idea is to focus on praising those schools that have used innovative strategies in addressing discipline […]
On Tuesday, September 10, 2019, the Leon County School (LCS) Board will consider changes to the Board’s public records policy. Per the LCS staff, the proposed “policy revisions removes duplicative language and includes provisions that maintain consistency and continuity for requests for public records in accordance with Florida Statutes.” One of the changes includes updating […]
At the August 27th Leon County School Board (LCSB) meeting, elected officials approved an application seeking revenue for the district’s turnaround plan for Bond Elementary, Oak Ridge Elementary, and Pineview Elementary. The LCSB submitted a Turnaround School Supplemental Services Application to the Florida Department of Education in compliance with Senate Bill 7070. The Board requested […]
Amid concerns over possible violations of Florida Sunshine Laws and perceptions of transparency issues, at Tuesday’s LCSB meeting Superintendent Hanna recommended that the Board make procedural changes to the Agenda Review process. TR Editor Steve Stewart attended the last Agenda Review meeting and voiced concern about the process. Superintendent Hanna recommended that the Agenda Review […]
Just two weeks removed from a failed transition to a new bus system that was deemed a “colossal failure”, the Leon County School Board opened their Tuesday meeting with praise for the leadership of Superintendent Hanna. The LCS Board, since the problems with bus system transition were first revealed, has chosen not to challenge or […]