Tensions flared during the Leon County School Board meeting May 26 as board member Alva Smith raised concerns over potential Sunshine Law violations and the district’s procurement process.
Smith recommended delaying approval of a contract for Raa Middle School renovations with Rippee Construction. She directed a series of questions at Superintendent Rocky Hanna and staff about the procurement process and an earlier meeting between school officials that involved two board members.
Florida’s Sunshine Law requires that any discussion between two or more school board members regarding matters that may foreseeably come before the board for a vote must take place in a properly noticed, public meeting…