On November 13th, the Leon County School Board held their agenda review/workshop meeting. KCCI provided the Board with a presentation on the Crosswalks to Classrooms initiative. KCCI is a local non-profit that focuses on citizen driven placemaking projects. This year KCCI choose to focus on a project to enhance pedestrian safety. KCCI partnered with 7 […]
A recent speaker at the October 24th, 2023 Leon County School Board brought up the issue of student absenteeism. The speaker explained that there are over 12,000 students in Leon County public schools who are missing weeks of school. Her recommendations to the Board were to examine how policy and practices affect student attendance, consider […]
Below are the news briefs that took place during the Leon County School Board Business Meeting on October 24, 2023. The Board approved a number of items on the consent agenda including a Teacher and Administrator allocation grant that provides supplemental funds to recruit and retain Highly Effective teachers and administrators who are teaching students […]
On October 23, the Leon County School Board held their agenda review meeting. During the meeting, Royle King, Executive Director and the School Base Navigator of the Council on the Status of Men and Boys (CSMB) gave the Board some updates. King informed the Board that CSMB has begun working with the Ghazvini Learning Center […]
Below are the meeting briefs that took place during the Leon County School Board meeting on October 10, 2023. The Board approved the revised Leon County Schools Inclusive School Guide for LCS employees. The revision to the guide were made in accordance with the recent changes to state law and rules. Of note, the guide […]
Below are the news briefs from the Leon County Schools Business Meeting held on September 26, 2023. Staff gave a report on the Department of Safety and Security regarding the safe school assessments. Staff explained that throughout the school year several projects were completed to enhance school safety. These projects include, continued correction of dead […]
According to Leon County Schools (LCS), the First District Court of Appeal recently upheld a lower court ruling enforcing a two-week suspension for the Lawton Chiles High School principal. The two-week suspension began Monday, September 11 and will be without pay. Assistant Principal Grace Bigelow will serve as the lead administrator during the suspension. LCS […]
Below are the news briefs that took place during the Leon County Schools Business Meeting on September 7th, 2023. The Board voted unanimously to approve the millage rate for Fiscal Year July 1st 2023, through June 30th 2024. The total proposed millage rate is 5.464, which includes 3.216 for Local Required Effort, 0.748 for Discretionary […]
Below are the news briefs that took place during the Leon County Schools Agenda/Workshop meeting on September 6th, 2023. LCS staff gave the Board a presentation on budget updates and explained the millage rate would be set at 5.464 which is .004 less than the previous year, although a true rollback millage rate would have […]
At the most recent School Board meeting, Leon County Schools (LCS) Superintendent Rocky Hanna proposed to re-open track & field facilities to the public on Saturday and Sunday mornings, from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. The proposal comes just weeks after adopting a policy that would limit use of the facilities to the public. Mr. […]