School Board set to vote on acquiring Citizens Field from Gainesville

The Alachua County School Board is scheduled to vote Tuesday on an agreement to transfer Citizens Field from the city of Gainesville to the school district, which already uses the property for school activities. Under the proposed deal, the district would purchase the stadium for $500,000. District estimates put the cost of a full demolition and rebuild of the facility between $22 million and $25 million.

Sources: WCJB TV20

Former UF trustees urge state board to confirm Stuart Bell as university president

Four former chairs of the University of Florida Board of Trustees published an op-ed in the Tallahassee Democrat calling on the Florida Board of Governors to approve Dr. Stuart Bell as UF’s next president ahead of the board’s June 25 meeting. The former trustees — Manny Fernandez, Dianna Morgan, Carlos Alfonso, and David Brown — highlighted Bell’s record at the University of Alabama, including enrollment growth, improved student retention, and athletics experience. They also addressed criticism of the University of Alabama’s diversity programs under Bell’s leadership, arguing that the characterizations of those programs are inaccurate.

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