Board members highlight holiday events, school fundraisers and FSBA budget takeaways
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Summary
Board liaison updates at the Dec. 16 workshop covered school fundraisers (Belterra's carnival and 'coin wars'), Matanzas High School events, Flagler Youth Coalition and Flagler Technical College initiatives, plus FSBA notes on the governor's proposed K–12 budget and potential safe-schools and mental-health funding.
At the start of the Dec. 16 workshop several board liaisons summarized recent school and community activity.
Speaker 3 reported Belterra Elementary raised nearly $3,900 at a family carnival and over $3,200 through a "coin wars" fundraiser that supported a Christmas 'community heroes' shopping event. The same speaker noted Matanzas High School's recent outdoor movie night and Breakfast with Santa, the planned SAC meeting and a sheriff's department partnership with the school's criminal-justice program.
Speaker 3 also reviewed takeaways from the Florida School Board Association meeting and the governor's proposed K–12 budget figures discussed at that event: the presentation cited $30,600,000,000 for Florida K–12 public schools overall and $16,600,000,000 described as record state funding; speakers highlighted a proposed $300,000,000 for safe-schools funding and $190,000,000 for student mental health supports.
Speaker 5 praised a Rimfire multicultural after-school event and described work with Flagler Technical College on a legislative platform that would change statutory language affecting career-certification recognition. The liaison updates included announcements about community events such as the Flagler County Education Foundation Mardi Gras ball and Flagler Auditorium programming.
These liaison reports were informational updates; the workshop transcript records no formal action tied to the items.