Commissioners had voted to terminate $7.5-million award
Terry Connor, superintendent of the Sarasota County Schools, has contended in a letter to Sarasota County Administrator Jonathan Lewis that a county staff member mischaracterized to the County Commission the School Board’s stance on its request to modify plans for a trades training program for which the commission in 2024 had provided the district $7.5 million.
His letter, dated Sept. 4, came nine days after the County Commission denied the proposal to change how the funds would be used and voted to terminate the agreement with the district…