The message from the public was clear: don’t sell it. And on Tuesday night, the Duval County School Board listened.

In a unanimous 0–7 vote, board members rejected a proposal that would have sold the district’s riverfront headquarters to Fleet Landing, a nonprofit planning to redevelop the site into a retirement community.

The decision came after months of discussion. Many locals and growing concerns from the school board sparked a long discussion about whether the $20 million offer was in the best interest of the district, for Jacksonville’s Southbank riverfront future development.

“I have not gotten a lot of good feedback from constituents,” District 7 board member Melody Bolduc said during the meeting. “Just because it’s the ‘best deal’ in the eyes of a very qualified realtor… if the

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