Florida / School Districts / Alachua
At a Jan. 12 workshop the Alachua County School Board and the Florida School Board Attorneys Association recognized David Delaney with the Edward J. Marco Outstanding Community Service and Professionalism Award for decades of service and leadership in education law.
Florida / School Districts / Alachua
Community speakers at the Jan. 12 Alachua County School Board workshop warned that recent statutory updates'from arrests-based self-reporting to streamlined rulemaking'risk disproportionate harm to Black educators and students and urged race-disaggregated reporting and equity reviews.
Florida / School Districts / Alachua
At a Jan. 12 workshop, Alachua County staff walked the board through numerous statute-driven policy updates'including fingerprinting into a state clearinghouse, a new CPR training mandate for middle/high schoolers, and required low-cost EKGs for athletes'and warned of logistical and funding challenges.
Florida / School Districts / Alachua
Consultants told the Alachua County School Board that Phase 1 of the “Our Schools Future Ready” planning process produced 12 community‑driven guiding principles and that three draft boundary scenarios will be released Feb. 2 for public review; the board set a target vote window in March.
Florida / School Districts / Alachua
The Alachua County Education Association told the board about an unfair-labor-practice hearing set for Jan. 21 and outlined bargaining priorities including enforcing contractual meeting limits and advocating for vaccination policies.
Florida / School Districts / Alachua
Multiple public commenters urged the board to strengthen protections against ICE entry without warrants, questioned curriculum content, and one speaker publicly alleged predatory behavior and possible financial misappropriation — calling for a formal investigation.
Florida / School Districts / Alachua
The Alachua County School Board approved the superintendent’s personnel slate — including Michael Renick for chief financial officer — by a 3–2 vote on Dec. 16 after members questioned whether he met the written job qualifications and whether the hiring process produced adequate public records.
Florida / School Districts / Alachua
The board approved revisions to policy 9271 (Personalized Education Program) that add dual-enrollment language and leave fee/billing mechanics to contracts and procedures, after members debated whether to list ESA billing in the policy itself.
Florida / School Districts / Alachua
After board members raised concerns about a 10 a.m. start time, the Alachua County School Board agreed by consensus to begin the Jan. 12 workshop in the afternoon (policies 3:00–4:30 p.m., break, guiding principles at 5:00 p.m.) to preserve public comment opportunities and broaden participation.
Florida / School Districts / Alachua
Consultant JB Pro and district staff demonstrated a Slido-based engagement with four stations covering vision, programs, facilities and boundaries; the district says more than 400 responses have come in so far and online tools will close at the end of the week.