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Leon County School Board selects Dr. Marcus Nicholas as chair, approves schedule and several policy advertisements
Summary
At its Nov. 18 reorganization meeting, the Leon County School Board elected Dr. Marcus Nicholas chair and Daryl Jones vice chair, adopted next year’s meeting schedule and approved advertising multiple policy amendments for a Jan. 13, 2025 public hearing. The board also approved calendars and several facility and contract items.
The Leon County School Board opened its annual reorganization meeting on Nov. 18 and unanimously elected Dr. Marcus Nicholas as chair for the coming year, after a nomination and voice vote. Daryl Jones was elected vice chair by unanimous voice vote.
The board then confirmed routine housekeeping items, including verifying members’ names and addresses and adopting the staff-recommended schedule of regular meetings (continuing the second and fourth Tuesdays each month). The superintendent’s recommended three-year school calendars for 2026–29 were presented and approved; the calendars add instructional days to address an audit finding about instructional minutes.
On policy, the superintendent recommended advertising amendments to multiple policies—standards of ethical conduct, students’ and parents’ rights, school health services and comprehensive health education—for public hearing and adoption on Jan. 13, 2025. The board moved and approved those advertisements unanimously.
The board also approved consent and facilities items including awarding an architectural services contract for Griffin Middle School Phase 3 to Lewis & Whitlock, PA (the work replaces aging buildings and will rebuild existing space rather than add student stations) and a professional services RFQ award to Fitzgerald Collaborative Group LLC for master planning. Members discussed timing relative to broader consolidation and space‑utilization work but approved the items on the record.
Board members briefly recognized outgoing chair Lori Lawson Cox and presented a plaque and flowers for her service before recessing for a short reconfiguration of seats. The meeting then returned to business and completed remaining agenda actions before adjourning.
