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Ron DeSantis-backed Florida school board members boot liberal superintendents
New York Post ^ | 11/30/2022 | Selim Algar

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,

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: desantis; education; fl; florida; goodbyegroomers; sarasota; superintendents
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To: SeekAndFind
So good to be a resident of the Free State of Florida!

I'm still trying to figure out who put together the cabal that quickly and quietly put drag queen story time in libraries all over the U.S. It had to be coordinated by someone, but I notice there is no interest from the mainstream "news" media (so-called "investigative journalists")...

21 posted on 12/01/2022 5:10:16 AM PST by jeffc (Resident of the free State of Florida)
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To: Joe Brower

22 posted on 12/01/2022 5:25:44 AM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: TallahasseeConservative

Good deal, that’s how it should be. It gets you some independent eyes in the schools when an event requiring a cop happens.


23 posted on 12/01/2022 6:06:38 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Travis McGee

Heh. That’s too funny. I will have to include that in my set of ping-pix.


24 posted on 12/01/2022 6:33:48 AM PST by Joe Brower ("Might we not live in a nobler dream than this?" -- John Ruskin)
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To: dadfly

If it can happen here it can happen in other states. There’s hope.


25 posted on 12/01/2022 7:52:39 AM PST by GOPJ (Has Biden had dinner with an anti-evangelical? Will Schumer condemn him if he has?)
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To: Joe Brower

But I thought DeSantis is deep state! I read it right here at FR!


26 posted on 12/01/2022 10:37:24 AM PST by clintonh8r (Truth is hate speech to those who hate the truth.)
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To: NonValueAdded; Matchett-PI; MinuteGal; Bob Ireland; 3D-JOY; SeekAndFind; BatGuano; Wilhelm Tell; ...
The Brevard Country School Board relieved Superintendent Mark Mullins of his post on November 21, asserting district classrooms had devolved into disorder and chaos.

Proud to say (and brag) that my niece, Megan Wright, is on the board and a participant of Mullins removal!

FRegards!

27 posted on 12/01/2022 4:56:38 PM PST by mcmuffin (Jan. 20, 2017, Thank God!)
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To: mcmuffin
***Proud to say (and brag) that my niece, Megan Wright, is on the board and a participant of Mullins removal***

Excellent!!! Wahooo! The constructors vs the destructors!

28 posted on 12/01/2022 7:37:54 PM PST by Bob Ireland (The Democrap Party is the enemy of freedom.They use all the seductions and deceits of the Bolshevics)
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To: clintonh8r
I read it right here at FR!

Seems like I read a lot of things right here at FR that came out the back end of a bull.

29 posted on 12/01/2022 7:41:13 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: clintonh8r

DeoSanctus has a lot of GOPe friends......


30 posted on 12/01/2022 7:42:39 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: proust
I haven’t seen leadership like this in a long time.

Well, since Trump.

31 posted on 12/01/2022 7:43:14 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: mcmuffin; All; flaglady47; M Kehoe; Bob Ireland; Road Warrior ‘04; NautiNurse
"Proud to say and (brag) that my niece, Megan Wright, is on this Florida school board and she was a participant in Mullin's removal...."

You deserve bragging Wrights....and you can Wright to her and tell her we FReepers are delighted she's on the Wright side of the political spectrum !

(Corny, but I couldn't resist....LOL !)

We applaud her!

Leni/MinuteGal

32 posted on 12/01/2022 8:08:52 PM PST by MinuteGal ( MAGA......................MAGA........................MAGA........................ ! ! ! ! ! ! ! )
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To: SeekAndFind
So we should pick Trump over DeSantis? Ok I liked Trump as President but he sucked picking guys for personnel. Mike Pompeo was a solid pick. Ben Carson was good too. About 90% of his picks sucked.

His Supreme Court picks were pretty solid but that's the Federalist Society making the picks for Cocaine Mitch. Trump just checked off the names that were handed to him. But still Trump should get credit. Roe vs Wade is no longer the law of the land.

33 posted on 12/01/2022 8:11:55 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: central_va

Troll ...


34 posted on 12/01/2022 8:15:14 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: MinuteGal; mcmuffin

Cheers!


35 posted on 12/01/2022 8:33:39 PM PST by NautiNurse (There was a 2022 mid-term Red Wave...in Florida! )
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To: NorthMountain

DeoSanctus is the Fox News darling. Again he has all the wrong friends.


36 posted on 12/02/2022 5:11:24 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: central_va

Like Ye?


37 posted on 12/02/2022 6:12:57 AM PST by clintonh8r (Truth is hate speech to those who hate the truth.)
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To: mcmuffin

BTTT!!


38 posted on 12/02/2022 8:53:36 AM PST by Matchett-PI (It's a single step from relativism to barbarism, low information to Democrat, ignorance to tenure )
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To: MinuteGal

Thanks Leni!

Corn is good!


39 posted on 12/04/2022 6:08:42 PM PST by mcmuffin (Jan. 20, 2017, Thank God!)
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