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Understanding School Choice: A Community Forum
July 15 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
FEATURING GWEN GRAHAM – FEARLESS ADVOCATE FOR FLORIDA SCHOOLS
A proud product of Florida’s school system and a mother of three, Gwen built her early career around education, serving as a PTA president and school advisory council chair before working for the Leon County school district, where she focused on supporting teachers and students.
Educating our children should be one of the highest priorities of every community. Our children are our future, and every child deserves access to a high-quality education. Yet in Florida, the educational landscape has become increasingly complex.
On July 15, Leon County Indivisible will host a public forum, “Understanding School Choice,” to help community members better understand Florida’s evolving education system.
Today, Florida’s students are educated through three distinct systems:
- Traditional public schools — neighborhood schools governed by locally elected school boards.
- Charter schools — publicly funded schools operated by independent, non-elected governing boards.
- Private and home schools — educational options with varying levels of state oversight and accountability.
The forum will provide an overview of how these systems operate, how public funding is allocated among them, and the implications for students, families, and taxpayers.
Author and education expert Dr. Sally Butzin and Rosanne Wood, Leon County School Board member and former SAIL HS principal will lay the foundation for the discussion. Gwen Graham will headline the event, bringing decades of insight, experience, and expertise in the Florida schools system to the conversation. Whether you support, oppose, or simply want to better understand school choice, this forum is designed to provide factual information and encourage informed civic discussion about one of the most important issues facing Florida’s children and public education system.
