Posted on September 18th, 2018 by
Thomas E Kennedy
Massullo Legislative Wrap-up
On Monday afternoon I had the pleasure of attending State Representative Dr. Ralph Massullo’s Legislative wrap-up at his office in Lecanto. He was very kind to recognize me and praise our schools.
I greatly appreciated Rep. Massullo’s reflections about public education. Rep. Massullo shared, that education is the most important work that the legislature is and should be doing.
Rep. Massullo said, “as I listen to educators it is clear that education is NOT a one size fits all”.
Rep. Massullo also shared about school safety and mental health and the work the Legislature has been doing. He expanded that the Legislature is looking to continue improving options for School Boards in school safety and mental health. Rep. Massullo explained that hopes in the coming legislative session that the state will strengthen some laws, he said, “mentally unstable people should not have firearms… I will support legislation that will do just that”
I am grateful for the work Rep. Massullo is personally doing to improve career pathways for high school students and provide alternative options to high stakes testing. Rep. Massullo is looking to continue running positive common sense education legislation this coming session and I am pleased to assist him and his team in anyway.
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Posted on September 6th, 2018 by
Thomas E Kennedy
Important Message from Superintendent of Schools on CCSO Arrest
Update as of 10:24 A.M. 9/6/18: We have just been notified by the Citrus County sheriff’s office that an arrest has been made in the case involving the Snapchat photo of a person with a weapon.
(Follow this link to CCSO post on the arrest: https://www.facebook.com/sheriffcitrus/photos/a.381903015198840/1871450909577369)
The following is an important message from Superintendent Sandra “Sam” Himmel:
My staff received information about a Snapchat photo circulating on social media Wednesday night of an unidentified person holding a weapon with the caption “Don’t go to school tomorrow. CSMS be careful.” We are working with the Sheriff’s office to identify the individuals responsible for the post. The Citrus County School system investigates all threats and if the individuals responsible are students, they will be held accountable under the student code of conduct as well as possible criminal charges as determined by the Citrus County Sheriff’s office. There is an increased security presence at Citrus Springs Middle School today. I encourage parents to have conversations with your students regarding the seriousness of this type of behavior. Students should never repost photos of this nature and should always contact school personnel or the Sheriff’s office.
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Posted on August 31st, 2018 by
Thomas E Kennedy
CCSO answers the lip sync challenge
WAY TO GO Citrus County Sheriff’s Office! BEST #LipSyncChallenge IN THE NATION!!!
Watch video on Facebook now by following this: https://www.facebook.com/sheriffcitrus/videos/477742379408670/
The Citrus County Sheriff’s Office is the latest law enforcement department from across the nation to participate in the law enforcement video lip sync challenge. These videos have not only been humorous, but they have positively exposed communities and our country to our amazing law enforcement officers and leaders and remind us these are individuals in our community that put their lives on the line each and every day to keep us safe. Great job CCSO!!
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Posted on August 15th, 2018 by
Thomas E Kennedy
Citrus Blessings
Improve the life of a child. Every Friday 1,650 local students go home with a backpack full of “Blessings” food to fill the gap over the weekend and school breaks. For more information and how you can help visit– http://citruscountyblessings.org/
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Posted on August 13th, 2018 by
Thomas E Kennedy
Welcome Students!
2018-2019
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Posted on August 7th, 2018 by
Thomas E Kennedy
BOCC joins CCSB in support of SRO agreement
Today, Tuesday, August 7, 2018, the Citrus County Board of County Commission approved the School Resource Officer (SRO) agreement with the School Board and the Sheriff on a vote of 4-1. This is the identical agreement that the School Board passed unanimously yesterday, Monday, August 6, 2018.
I want to personally thank Commissioner Kinnard, Commissioner Carnahan, Vice-Chairman Coleman, and Chairman Kitchen for the handling, comments, and votes today.
We pray this matter will soon come to conclusion. The School Board and Superintendent have made it clear that regardless of what happens with this agreement, we will have law enforcement officers on our campuses when students return on Monday, August 13, 2018.
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On Monday afternoon I had the pleasure of attending State Representative Dr. Ralph Massullo’s Legislative wrap-up at his office in Lecanto. He was very kind to recognize me and praise our schools.
