MIAMI — Amanda Silvestri, a mother of two elementary school children, traveled from Palm Beach County to Tallahassee in January to tell state lawmakers she was concerned about what her kids were being taught in school.
“Some of the books we have come across are deeply concerning, and if we can’t fix it, we are going to have to do something or my children are out of here,” said Silvestri, who is running for the Palm Beach County School Board and testified in support of a bill that adds more requirements for schools as they select books.
But Silvestri’s testimony was a world away from the education concerns of Dawn Marshall, a Hillsborough County parent whose child, alongside fellow high school classmates, was asked by Gov. Ron DeSantis in early March to take off his mask, equating it to “COVID theater.”
