TAVARES – Lake County Schools today welcomed four new inductees into the Alumni Hall of Fame in a small ceremony at the Venetian Center in Leesburg. The 2022 inductees are:

• Terry Harville, M.D., Ph.D. – Groveland High School, class of 1971
• Carolyn Colter Samuel – Carver Heights High School, class of 1962
• Joe Patrick Smallwood – Tavares High School, class of 1970
• Henry Zeleski, Jr. M.D. – Eustis High School, class of 1962

TAVARES – After years of discussion and debate, Lake County students at all grade levels are now allowed to wear leggings to school when worn under a long shirt without being in violation of the district’s dress code.

TAVARES – Stacia Werner, assistant principal at Beverly Shores Elementary School in Leesburg, has been named one of three finalists for Florida Assistant Principal of the Year.

TAVARES – An internal audit report has concluded that the Lake County public school district has been “good stewards” over the use of millage funds collected as part of a 0.75-mill ad valorem tax increase approved by voters in 2018 for school safety and mental health programs. The audit report also concluded that the funds have been spent “for their intended usage as publicized to Lake County residents.”

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