FSAT quarterly report: no state visits this quarter; local spot checks found door issues addressed

Mister Clay reported to the Hendry County School Board that the Florida School Accountability Team (FSAT) did not visit the district this quarter, so there are no state findings to present.

Clay said district staff conduct regular on-the-spot inspections; he reported conducting four such inspections during the quarter with zero findings. He also said guardian (local inspector) visits identified a small number of doors left unlocked or with latch/closure problems. Those issues have been handled through the district's established maintenance and progressive-discipline procedures: staff receive written notices and work orders are submitted for repairs when closures or hardware fail.

Board members asked whether individual staff are reprimanded for guardian findings and Clay said in-house issues start with written communication to the employee and escalate to administrative action only if problems persist; state findings would be routed through district leadership and brought to the board.

Clay said most interior doors have automatic closers but aging hardware or layers of paint sometimes prevent doors from fully latching; in those cases maintenance submits work orders and documents follow-up.

The report is informational and required by statute; the board did not take action.