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Levy County school board approves short-term school safety priorities 47:39

  • Students from the Spanish National Honor Society at Williston Middle High School presented the group's projects, a Spirit Week and a Hispanic Heritage Night event. 1:18
  • The board approved short-term items from the district's school safety assessment. 49:32
  • The board also approved the minutes and the consent agenda. 1:00:53

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Item by item (13)
  1. Opening and agenda approval 0:02
    • A staff member said there were no changes to the agenda. ~0:45
    • The chair announced that the motion to approve the agenda passed. ~0:50
  2. Spanish National Honor Society presentation 0:54
    • Students described projects including filling donated backpacks with supplies for children in Latin American countries and adopting an elementary classroom. 3:30
    • A student outlined a Spirit Week planned at Williston Middle High School to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. 6:05
    • A student described Hispanic Heritage Night as an annual event for all Levy County schools and said the society was seeking sponsors for the first time. 15:27
  3. Counseling program update 23:27
    • A staff member said the district started monthly newsletters and a college and career course. 24:18
    • The staff member said Williston scholarship applications rose from 114 the year before last to 380 last year after the process was changed. 27:55
    • The staff member said every junior and senior receives a graduation check showing progress toward graduation requirements. 29:55
  4. Superintendent's Stride presentation 35:12
    • The superintendent said the district remains a B district and rose 1 point from 60 to 61%, but dropped from 47 to 53 among 67 districts in the state. 37:29
    • The superintendent said the district is partnering with the Bureau of School Improvement and that every district coordinator and director is assigned a school this year. 41:48
  5. Board policy review 47:08
    • A staff member said board policies to be amended and adopted were under review for the October 13th board meeting and that no public comments had been received. 47:16
  6. School safety assessment priorities 47:27
    • A staff member said each school completes an annual safety risk assessment of about 50 pages with input from law enforcement and emergency management. 48:10
    • The staff member said funding would determine some of the changes and asked the board to approve the short-term items listed. 49:32
    • The chair announced that the motion passed. ~50:43
  7. Quarterly audit report 50:53
    • A staff member said there had been no state audits and no local audits, so there were no findings to report. 50:53
  8. Math instructional materials adoption 51:18
    • The new coordinator for math, science and social studies said the math materials adoption process was underway and asked for parents to join the adoption team. 51:32
    • The coordinator said teams would meet from October to December, narrow choices to the top 3 by January and continue the process through next May. 54:09
  9. Safety patrol field trip 54:50
    • A staff member recognized the school resource deputies and school sponsors who run the annual safety patrol field trip. 55:10
    • The staff member said the trip was moved to the week of the 21st this summer to avoid conflicting with the state FFA convention, and that 195 students and parents went 2 years ago and 193 last year. 56:46
  10. Public comment and minutes 1:00:53
    • The chair called for public comment and, seeing none, moved to the approval of minutes. 1:00:53
    • The chair announced that the motion to approve the minutes passed. 1:01:06
  11. Consent and finance agenda 1:01:06
    • Cameron Asbell said there were no questions or concerns and noted that some employees were retiring. 1:01:16
    • The chair announced that the motion to approve the consent and finance agenda passed. 1:01:50
  12. Superintendent comments 1:02:03
    • The superintendent asked board members to consider visiting one of the other schools over the rest of the school year. 1:04:29
  13. Board member comments 1:06:12
    • Cameron Asbell said October 2nd is homecoming and an FFA alumni fish fry is planned the day before. 1:08:42
    • Linda Campbell asked about a policy on Focus and a survey of how successful the Focus program is. 1:10:18
    • One board member asked what the district is doing about vaping and said an intensive program is needed. 1:12:37

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Video: posted by the district as “Board Meeting 9/22/2026”