Board approves facilities-management agreement for Newberry campus; members press for maintenance safeguards

The Alachua County School Board voted unanimously June 9 to approve a 17-page facilities management agreement (FMA) governing Alachua County Public Schools' ownership and management of the Newberry campus if it converts to a charter. The agreement lays out which modular units the district will remove, which the charter may lease, procedures for repairs and inspections, insurance responsibilities and the process for capital‑improvement requests.

Board members pressed staff and district counsel for clarity on several operational points: which modular units are district‑owned versus leased, who can declare emergency repairs, what vendor screening and permitting requirements apply, how the district will prioritize capital projects and what costs the district may bill back to the charter.

On modular units, staff said the FMA captures a snapshot of campus inventory as of May 1, 2025. The document lists 16 modular units on campus; staff and counsel said two of those are district‑owned and 14 are leased. The agreement also…