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Marion County School Board approves fleet purchases, expulsions, staffing changes and grant funding
Summary
At its Dec. 9 meeting the Marion County School Board approved nearly $1 million in vehicle purchases, multiple student expulsions and staffing updates, accepted two construction change orders and approved a workforce development grant; a three-year benefits services contract also passed with one dissent.
The Marion County School Board on Dec. 9 approved a slate of operational and personnel actions, including replacement vehicles for district operations, a suite of staffing and salary-schedule changes, a grant to launch an artificial intelligence program at South Marion High School, and multiple student expulsions.
Interim Superintendent Dr. Danielle Brewer recommended several consent and discussion items during the meeting held Tuesday evening. The board approved purchases of 13 maintenance vehicles under the Florida Sheriffs Association contract and a Ford F550 box truck for the central warehouse. The district also approved a Florida F650 refrigerated box truck for food and nutrition services. Board members noted those purchases are funded from capital projects and program budgets; the fleet purchases were approved unanimously.
Board actions included several student discipline votes. The board approved expulsions for multiple students with specified…
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