Dr. Lori Romano publicly thanked State Representative Blaise Ingoglia for his support of Hernando County Schools through Project StarFISH and sparsity funding of approximately $2 million. She presented Ingoglia with a certificate of appreciation.
Ingoglia stated that while he appreciated the recognition from the HCSB, he wanted to thank the teachers for all they do. Compared to the 60-day legislative session and the “hand-wrangling” and lobbying that goes on, the teachers do far more work to impact students on a daily basis all year.
Ingoglia stated he had his assistant obtain the names of all teachers so he could hand sign letters to each individual teacher in the district to personally thank them. “We know how hard they work,” Ingoglia said, “so it is easy for us to go and ask for that extra money.”