Letter to the editor
The School Board of Alachua County has two primary responsibilities to our community: policy and budget. And in light of the recent redistricting and potential decreases in funding from the State of Florida (the budget has not been finalized), I think it is important that the taxpayers of Alachua County are aware of important facts regarding fiscal accountability. It is the responsibility of the school board to hold our departments accountable for working within the budget and overseeing and approving the budget, which will be presented to us in a few weeks by the superintendent.
There are three items I would like to bring forward to the community: The superintendent’s current contract, the recent Declaration of Intent (Internal Revenue Code 1986) resolution, and the 2024-25 SBAC Audit Report (Purvis/Gray)…