The Leon County School Board is considering legal action against the Renaissance Academy over furniture purchased with taxpayer money.
Superintendent Rocky Hanna told school board members that a routine issue with Renaissance Academy, a charter school on Mahan Drive, had become problematic.
Renaissance is closing at the end of June. The Leon schools planned to recover some of the charter’s furniture to use for other schools. Then, Hanna says, things become contentious.
“Before the follow-up visit, we were notified that we would not be allowed on the premises by their attorneys," he said, "and have subsequently hired our own attorney, reached out to RumbergerKirk to dive into this matter a little deeper, to meet with their lawyers to figure out exactly what they are claiming…”
Hanna says the issue surrounds furniture purchased with taxpayer money.
“When they realized that we may be able to use a lot of these items, their tune changed," he said, "and now they’ve lawyered up and are claiming that we have a right to very little if any of the items that are currently there.”
Hanna says Renaissance was hoping for an enrollment of 800- or 900 students, but its enrollment was less than 300.
