School Board November 2015 Meeting Recap

Last Tuesday, November 10th, 2015 was our regular meeting of the Citrus County School Board. Nothing about the day was regular.

That morning Lecanto High School had a tragic event happen. A young man attempted to take his life by shooting himself in a classroom. Thank God no one other than the shooter was physically injured. The Sherriff’s department is still investigating the event and has asked for patience with the investigation. (Read Chronicle article, “Sheriff urges patience with shooting investigation” for more details.)

We have heard about the many staff, students, administrators, student services, first responders, deputies and Sherriff staff that contributed to caring for our students that day at LHS. We thank each of them for all they did to keep our students and staff safe.

This day was my last meeting in Chairman’s term and it was also my rotation for having opening exercises. I asked Anna Lane, Senior at Crystal River High School, Health Academy, Nursing Program, to play our National Anthem on the violin. Miss Lane was accompanied by her father, Rev. Stephen Lane of the Faith Lutheran Church in Hernando who also offered a special prayer due to the events of the day.

To See Video of Miss Anna Lane Playing click on link here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqJhrSahij4&t=2m8s or video below

Last in the meeting School Board Member Linda Powers was elected the district’s new chairwoman and School Board Member Ginger Bryant was elected vice chairwoman.

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