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Posted on 11/30/2022 8:38:51 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Florida’s red wave is already wiping out school superintendents across the Sunshine State.
Backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis and conservative activist groups, right-leaning candidates have gained control of many major district school boards and are purging prior leadership.
“Parents woke up in the last few years,” a newly elected school board member backed by the conservative Moms for Liberty advocacy group told The Post. “They were exposed to the garbage that has gone on behind closed doors for so many years. That’s finished.”
A trio of superintendents have been shown the campus door in GOP-leaning districts in November alone — and others are now facing calls to resign.
“Anyone surprised by this hasn’t been paying attention,” the school board member said. “COVID policies, porn in school libraries, nonstop ideology, on and on and on. Parents being ignored and insulted. We’ve had it.”
A group of DeSantis-backed school board members booted Broward County Superintendent Vickie Cartwright earlier this month.
The Brevard Country School Board relieved Superintendent Mark Mullins of his post on November 21, asserting district classrooms had devolved into disorder and chaos.
The move even enjoyed the support of the local teachers union, whose members said students no longer feared disciplinary consequences for disruptive or even violent behavior.
Mullins’ exit also prompted Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey to announce an unspecified crackdown on misbehavior in schools earlier this week.
Sarasota County Superintendent Brennan Asplen also appeared to be on his way out of a gig after a bruising and often bitter Tuesday night meeting that featured more than 50 speakers.
Critics, including members of the newly GOP-controlled board, questioned lagging academic metrics in district schools and prior student masking mandates under Asplen’s watch.
But Asplen had plenty of backers at the meeting who opposed his ouster,
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Kick their sorry carcasses out.
DeSantis and FL give me hope for America.
Excellent!
Great example for the other 49 states.
I haven’t seen leadership like this in a long time.
Hooray.
| DeSantis | 2024 |
|---|---|
| MAKE | ORWELL |
| FICTION | AGAIN |
Bold, decisive… going toe to to with Disney. He didn’t talk about draining the swamp, he is. He is going the extra mile to pull the leeches off while he is in there.
I detest flat land and boring ocean views… but he might be creating a lil piece of Plymouth Rock.
School administration has for too long been the last refuge of tyrants and despots.
This is great.
But I still recommend homeschooling over the public schools.
Was talking to a parent over the holiday weekend about I witnessed him telling his son to “be a man” and shake my hand accordingly. The dad told me that the law DeSantis signed prohibiting “gender discussions” (if that is even the proper term) only applies up to Grade Three.
So starting in Grade Four the students can be exposed to some level of explicit sexual information? The parents of public school students have a lot of work left to do.
Brevard County, Florida ping.>>Mullins’ exit also prompted Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey to announce an unspecified crackdown on misbehavior in schools earlier this week.
Does anyone know if Florida school systems can have their own police forces?
They can here in GA, and my perception is that this is used to sweep stuff under the rug.
We do not. All school districts have an SRO program, which is staffed by the Sheriff’s Office or local municipal department, but there are no independent school district police forces that I am aware of.
Outstanding! DeSantis is great.
Even in Broward!! lolzzz
Cartright had not even been there a year, and was working to fix things that had not been addressed after Parkland. There is a much bigger problem in Broward county,
Governor DeSantis continues demonstrating what leadership and winning looks like.
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