Leon County School Board

Leon County School Board member Rosanne Wood says she has COVID-19, despite being fully vaccinated and wearing masks. She blames last week’s crowded school board meeting.

Board members of a proposed charter school in Leon County say they’re considering an appeal after the school board denied their application. During a recent hearing on the school’s proposal, members of the Leon County School Board said the application left more questions than answers.

Leon County students who started the school year remotely will have the option to return to physical classrooms for the second 9 weeks. They'll also have long-awaited Chromebooks soon.

The Leon County School District has released a dashboard tallying COVID-19 infections, but the numbers only reflect daily cases and not a cumulative figure. The reason: the district doesn’t have the ability to distinguish between active infections and those who’ve recovered.

Scott Mazur, President of the Leon Classroom Teachers Association, challenged Superintendent Rocky Hanna to address low morale among teachers.

Leon County Schools officially welcomed back about 15,000 students for in-person learning this morning.

Leon County School Board member DeeDee Rasmussen will retain the seat, after defeating primary challenger, Alex Stemle. Rasmussen won 60% of the vote to Stemle’s 40%.

Leon County students will now go back to school on August 31st. The school board voted to push the date back a week following the deaths of two Fort Braden School employees from COVID-19.

The Leon County School district is trying to determine how many families will be willing to send their kids to school in the fall. It's buying 33,000 tablets so each student can have one.

The Leon County School Board had questions last night for a representative from the company hired to create safer and more efficient bus routes.Pat…