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    WELDING FACILITY TO BE NAMED FOR LATE ROSCOE GRANT


    Roscoe Grant

    Staff Report

    The Wakulla County School Board voted 4-1 to name the Wakulla High School welding facility after longtime vocational instructor Roscoe Grant.
    The vote, at the school board’s July 24 meeting, was supported by Chair Melisa Taylor, and members Josh Brown, Cale Langston and Laura Lawhon. School board member Eddie Hand cast the lone dissenting vote, but did not explain why. Hand did question Superintendent Bobby Pearce about what other school facilities are named for people – and Pearce pointed to numerous athletic facilities: the football field and stadium, the track, the baseball field, and the tennis courts.
    Pearce also praised Grant for his work on Wakulla vocational programs and credited his work with bringing in $20 million in new vocational funding for the high school from Triumph Gulf Coast.
    Grant was 66 years old when he died on June 9, 2023.
    Grant’s teaching at Wakulla High was through an agreement with Lively Vo-Tech in Tallahassee.