The Jefferson County School District is holding a job fair Thursday night in Tallahassee. The district is staffing up as it prepares to regain control of its schools in the fall.
The Jefferson County School District will no longer have its finances overseen by the state. Jefferson was placed under state financial control for the second time in 2016, a decision that came after years of the district running in the red. The decision to lift the financial restrictions is the latest in Jefferson's effort to regain local control of its schools.
The Jefferson County School District will no longer have its finances overseen by the state. Jefferson was placed under state financial control for the second time in 2016, a decision that came after years of the district running in the red.
The Jefferson County School District has submitted a plan to the state to retake control of its public schools. But that deal came with several conditions including giving Jefferson one school year to raise the district’s grade from an F to a C.