The Leon County School District will be going before the Florida Board of Education Wednesday to seek final approval of its turnaround plan for Apalachee Elementary, which has been a D school for the past two consecutive years.
The meeting will be held at 10 a.m. at the Caribe Royal Orlando resort. It will be livestreamed on the Florida Channel. At the meeting, the district will be presenting a final draft of its turnaround plan for the school, which will include an emphasis on reviewing lesson plans and frequent progress monitoring of student data.
“The school was just one point away from becoming a C ,” Assistant Superintendent Shane Syfrett told the Tallahassee Democrat in reference to the school’s 2023-24 grade.
According to state data, the school improved its grade by nine points placing it one point below the C threshold. Nonetheless, the school has reached tier-two status, meaning it has maintained a poor grade for the second year in a row, and therefore needs additional support and oversight from both the district and the state. The district must now prepare to submit quarterly data to the DOE for this school year.