Leon County School Board

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

Florida Democrats are hyped up over Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential run. State Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried wants to use that enthusiasm to spur her party to the polls and drive Democratic voter registration and turnout in the hopes of influencing down-ballot races, including those for local school boards.

Candidate forums are being hosted by WFSU, the Tallahassee Democrat, and the League of Women Voters of Tallahassee.