October 7 School Board of Alachua County meeting

Public notice

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The School Board of Alachua County will hold a business meeting at 6 p.m. on October 7.

DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, October 7, 2025, at 6 p.m.

LOCATION: District Office Boardroom, 620 E. University Ave, Gainesville, FL.

PURPOSE: Regular business meeting

There are two options for requesting an opportunity to speak at a School Board meeting:
1) Complete an online Speaker Request Form that will be available at https://alachuaschools.net/publiccomment for 24 hours before the meeting begins;
or
2) Complete a paper version of the Speaker Request Form, which will be available in the Boardroom 30 minutes prior to the beginning of the meeting.

All forms, online and paper, must be completed and submitted before the meeting begins.
Input regarding School Board meeting items can also be submitted through email at issues@alachuaschools.net by noon of the day of the meeting.

AGENDA (click to see backup material):

• A. Meeting Opening
  • 1. Call to Order-Pledge of Allegiance
  • 2. Buchholz High School Band under the direction of Noah Graben (Bessner)
  • 3. District Highlights (Patton)
  • 4. Public Comment Statement (Board Attorney)
  • 5. Adoption of Agenda
  • 6. Public Comment (Non-Agenda Items)
  • 7. Public Comment (Agenda Items)
  • 8. Approval of Regular School Board Meeting Minutes for September 2, 2025
  • 9. Approval of September 9, 2025 Minutes for the Special School Board Meeting and Public Hearing for adoption of the 2025-2026 Final Budget and Millage
  • 10. Approval of Regular School Board Workshop Minutes for September 16, 2025
• B. Consent Agenda
  • 1. Approval of the Consent Agenda
  • 2. Employment of Personnel (Terry)
  • 3. Whole Kids Garden Grant (Sheppard) – This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment.
  • 4. Change Order Number Three (3) for Project R2204 – Rawlings Elementary School, Building 1, Roof, HVAC and Electrical Improvements (Terry) – This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment.
  • 5. School Improvement Plans 2025-2026 (Dell) – This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment.
  • 6. 2025-2026 Title I, Part A: Unified School Improvement Grant (UniSIG) (Kuhn) – This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment.
  • 7. Purchased Products/Services ($12,500 to $49,999)(Marte) – This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment.
  • 8. Bid(s) and Requisition(s)(Marte) – This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment.
  • 9. School Board Resolution 26-05 (Wynn) – This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment.
  • 10. Florida Safe Schools Assessment Tool District Best Practices Assessment (Pelton)
• C. Action Items
  • 1. Amendments to Board Policies 0173-Board Officers, 1128-Employee Contract and 5136-Student use of personally-owned wireless communication devices – Second Reading (Terry) – This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment.
  • 2. Amendments to Board Policy 8407 – Safe School Officers – First Reading (Terry) – This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment.
  • 3. Legislative Platform (Terry) – This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment.
• D. Announcements
  • 1. ACEA Union Updates (ACEA)
  • 2. Board Member/Superintendent Announcements
• E. Board Member/ Superintendent Requests
• F. Adjournment