Leon County School Board

One plan from the superintendent would cut spending by $6.7 million. If the state legislature drastically reduces its contribution, those cuts could rise to more than $13 million.

School board members are concerned the district may be forced by the state to give unused space to charter schools under the Schools for Hope program.

Florida's school choice program enables per-pupil spending to follow the student. That has more students leaving traditional public schools, as we hear on Speaking Of.

Anastasios Kamoutsas spoke during the school board meeting Tuesday evening. He criticized teacher pay, district leadership, and board member Darryl Jones.

The Leon County school district was victorious in a lawsuit about a student wanting to express a gender identity and use pronouns the child's parents didn't support.

“It is exciting, but it’s also somewhat daunting as well"

School Board Chair Laurie Cox: "It’s not going away"

Cox won 52 to 48

Wood won with 76 percent of the vote

News breaks at the end of the campaign that candidate Jeremy Rogers is suing the city of Tallahassee