{"id":382325,"date":"2026-08-27T05:48:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T05:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/382325\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T05:48:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T05:48:31","slug":"leon-county-schools-puts-2-officials-on-leave-amid-foundation-financial-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/382325\/","title":{"rendered":"Leon County Schools puts 2 officials on leave amid foundation financial review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TALLAHASSEE, Fla. &#8212; Two Leon County Schools employees have been placed on administrative leave as the district reviews financial records tied to the Foundation for Leon County Schools.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Michele Gayle and Mrs. Margaret Farris were placed on leave while the district conducts the review. The district said administrative leave \u201cshould not be interpreted as a presumption or finding of wrongdoing,\u201d adding that the move allows officials to conduct \u201ca thorough and appropriate review of circumstances and determine whether any official action is warranted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The district said that because the review is ongoing, no further information will be released at this time.<\/p>\n<p>A statement from district communications director Chris Petley reads as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Michele Gayle and Mrs. Margaret Farris have been placed on administrative leave while Leon County Schools conducts a review of financial records related to the Foundation for Leon County Schools.<\/p>\n<p>Administrative leave should not be interpreted as a presumption or finding of wrongdoing. This action allows the district to conduct a thorough and appropriate review of circumstances and determine whether any official action is warranted.<\/p>\n<p>As this is an ongoing review there will be no further information at this time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TALLAHASSEE, Fla. &#8212; Two Leon County Schools employees have been placed on administrative leave as the district reviews&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":382326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-382325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}