Workshop presentations outlined WTC program expansion (aviation and RN programs), workforce partnerships and grant plans; transportation staff warned of driver shortages affecting routes; technology staff summarized AI pilots and professional development to expand AI literacy and classroom support.
District presentation showed enrollment of 15,053, a 4-year graduation rate rise from 92% to 94%, gains in several school grades, and cautioned that a new state "escalator" grading scale will raise the bar for maintaining a district B; staff outlined third-grade FAST outcomes, algebra initiatives, acceleration/dual-enrollment expansions and AI classroom pilots.
District staff presented proposed updates to four board policies — transfers (5.21), health services (5.51), student injuries (5.60) and athletics (5.80) — including HOPE scholarship language, mental-health referral timelines, concussion-evaluation wording and transfer rules; board members asked for clarifications but no formal vote was recorded.
Fleet executives told the Citrus County School Board their multi-district health trust can deliver scale savings (they cited 7–13% over 1–3 years) but that the district would pay a $10,000 participation fee and about $22.25 per employee per month; the board asked its insurance committee to vet the numbers before any enrollment decision.
The board recognized the district’s CPR/AED and stop-the-bleed training programs, honored a student who used school training to save a life, reported $11,617.50 in community donations and heard that CTE programs expanded with a $2 million capitalization grant for welding.
The board approved a three-year student data-privacy agreement with Magic School AI to allow staff testing of the tool, with an explicit condition that any future paid subscriptions or costs be brought back for board approval; the vote was 5-0.
After detailed questioning about pricing, Microsoft terms and subscription guarantees, the Citrus County School Board voted 5-0 to table a proposed virtual server infrastructure refresh costing roughly $972,165 initial outlay and about $1.4 million over five years for further contract clarifications.
A curriculum committee representative told the Citrus County School Board it vetted K–12 ELA, intervention and high-school personal-finance materials under Florida Statute 1006.28 and will present the recommendations for approval at the next meeting.
The Citrus County School Board voted 5-0 to approve an agreement with Master Technologies and the National Council on Strength and Fitness to buy a personal-trainer CTE curriculum for a Lecanto High School cohort; the contract was discussed at length over cohort eligibility and certification, and the transcript shows ambiguity about the total contract figure.
Superintendent told the Citrus County School Board the district graduation rate rose to 94.1%, above the state average; the board approved personnel recommendations, appointed Kit Humbaugh to coordinator of district student services effective 01/14/2026, accepted $9,100 in community donations and received a capital-credits check from CECO Energy.