DeSantis Extracts His Revenge on Broward School Super

for Broward county school super to dare to require masks in schools. First, he had a GJ empaneled to investigate them and then removed 4 dem members of the school board elected in Broward county under the guise of negligence from the MSD school shootings and put pub lackeys on the board in a dem county. Then yesterday, one week before their term ends, they did their duty and fired the school superintendent that required masks during the peak of the covid outbreak.

This is who he is, petty and punitive and willing to use his powers to punish those that do not bend the knee. Just like his mentor DT....

And yes, I recognize that the GJ found problems but we all know that a GJ can be led to indict just about anyone since the accused has little to no representation


First he took funding from them which the feds then replaced.

Background

Florida strips schools of federal aid for mask mandates | The Hill

Broward Schools Gets $420,000 in Federal Funds for Virus Mask Vote – NBC 6 South Florida (nbcmiami.com)



DeSantis Appointees Replace Elected Broward School Board Members – NBC 6 South Florida (nbcmiami.com)

Four school board members appointed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in one of Florida’s most Democratic counties were sworn into office on Tuesday. They replace the elected Broward County board members DeSantis suspended after a grand jury investigating the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School found widespread wrongdoing.

The state's Department of Education on Monday voiced “significant concerns" about the school system's actions before, during and after the shootings of 17 people by Nikolas Cruz, a troubled former student who attacked the high school's campus on Valentine's Day in 2018.

In a letter sent to Superintendent Vickie Cartwright, the state cited the grand jury's finding of mismanagement of the $800 million voter-approved bond to renovate schools, the underreporting of criminal activity to the state, the district's “almost fanatical desire to control student data” and use it to manipulate public perception, and the practice of allowing students with serious felonies back on school campuses.
“Due to the gravity of the issues outlined above, the Florida Department of Education and the Office of Safe Schools will contact you to arrange an in-person meeting this week to investigate these major concerns,” wrote Tim Hay, who directs the state's Office of Safe Schools.
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“What Governor DeSantis did is un-American and undemocratic. He doesn’t care about democracy and overturned the will of the voters,” Levinson said in a statement. She said DeSantis wants to remove anyone who supported former Superintendent Robert Runcie and blame the shooting on them. Runcie resigned after he was indicted for allegedly lying to the grand jury. He has pleaded not guilty and is awaiting trial.


and yesterday they dropped the axe...

Watch video of the Broward School Board’s decision on Superintendent Cartwright (msn.com)

The video ends with the motion passed on a 5-4 vote to fire Superintendent Cartwright at 10 p.m. Monday. The five members appointed to the board by Gov. Ron DeSantis ousted her — four of whom will leave their posts in a week.

Board member Daniel Foganholi, appointed by DeSantis in April, proposed the motion to terminate Cartwright after the board heard audit reports critical of the school district.

 

yes, he waited until after the election to limit the blowback. I really do hope they hire her back

 

Dont forget about the SA he removed for refusing to prosecute abortion cases, the Disney suit because they dared to support their LGBT employees, the map boundaries he drew to favor the pubs when the legislative branch maps weren't favorable enough, etc. And with no threat of impeachment being successful and a highly partisan Supreme Court he would have no limits on ways to abuse the power of POTUS to punish any perceived enemies. People need to wake up and see him for what he is. Add in his lifelong proclamation that it is his destiny to be POTUS and it is truly frightening.

 

The sad part is people, including the national media, are just overlooking all this.

 

In true DeSantis fashion, his Broward School Board burns down the house | Editorial (msn.com)

Broward County Public Schools has been plagued by the mishandling of school security in the lead-up to the Parkland shooting in 2018. Its previous schools superintendent was arrested for perjury last year. The district has been accused of wasting tax dollars. A statewide grand jury report reached the conclusion some of its School Board members shouldn’t remain in office.

That dumpster fire turned into an all-out wildfire after five School Board members appointed by the governor fired Superintendent Vickie Cartwright. These unelected officials make up the majority of the board and voted to oust her in a late-night meeting Monday. There was no notice to the public that her firing even was going to be discussed.

Most of DeSantis’ appointees took office after he suspended four school board members this year following the grand jury’s recommendations. They will be gone in a matter of days (only one of them will stay on for another two years). Next Tuesday, four new board members elected by voters will be sworn in, the Herald reported.

Across the state, including in Miami-Dade, DeSantis-backed candidates won several school board seats. Those who assume it will be business as usual don’t understand what DeSantis’ endgame is. What happened in Broward is a taste of the scorched-earth politics that will follow. Be prepared for school boards to launch culture wars on things like LGBTQ books and sex education. Superintendents, who serve at the pleasure of elected members, will have to walk the line.

 

All 4 of DeS appointees up for election lost and new chairperson elected. First agenda item is to determine to rehire former superintendent. How will DeS react if they do?

And surprise, the vote to terminate her was illegal because it wa snot properly noticed so by law (if that matters) the item has ot be properly noticed and brought up for a vote again.

Whoever their counsel is should be brought up before the Bar for failing to advise the board that what they were doing (voting on a non noticed item) was illegal and they should not proceed.

DeSantis appointee ousted as Broward School Board chair; Parkland parent replaces him (msn.com)

After the Nov. 8 election, the only one of the five who remains on the board is Alston, whose District 2 seat is not up for election until 2024.
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Alhadeff noted that the board’s meeting to fire Cartwright — which happened around 10 p.m. last Monday — was “rushed” and believed the firing wasn’t in accordance the state’s sunshine law.

The law mandates that the school board, as a governmental body, posts on its agenda items it intends to discuss at its board meeting. In the case of Cartwright’s termination, the board had posted an item related to the audit, not an item related to Cartwright’s possible firing.

Courts have ruled that items not properly noticed by a governmental body have to be thrown out and redone.

 

DeS is very much like DT in the sense that he abuses the power of the office to punish his enemies, real or perceived, whether what he is doing is legal or not. I've said that long before talk of him running for POTUS began.

Neither Reagan or Bush or other pubs have acted this way.