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Superintendent outlines athletics plan, driver’s-ed options, FDA food-safety grant and other projects
Summary
Superintendent Jackie Collins briefed the board on athletic-field designs and permitting, the district’s short-term approach to a new driver’s-education requirement, an FDA/HHS grant application to study and reduce ultra-processed foods in school meals, a culinary renovation study and an AI micro-credentialing completion by staff.
Superintendent Jackie Collins used her June 24 report to update the OASIS Charter School Board on several major projects and pending initiatives, including athletic-field design work, a state driver’s-education requirement that takes effect July 1, an FDA-backed school-meals research grant application, a planned study for a culinary-kitchen renovation and a recent AI micro-credentialing program for staff.
Athletics and site permits: Collins said engineers completed a Southwest Florida Water Management District submission before anticipated regulatory changes and that the district’s consultant is working to align a 30% design for a new baseball field with an existing 30% design for a football stadium. The goal, Collins said, is to submit a single site-plan and building-permit package so both fields can be permitted together and construction could begin in May 2026. Collins told the board the program target is substantial completion of the project by the 2027–28 school year, subject to permitting and contractor scheduling.
Driver’s education: Collins briefed the board on a new state requirement (effective July 1) that students take a…
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