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Florida school board member defends against criticism over welcoming Proud Boys’ support

MIAMI — A new Broward School Board member is being denounced by civil-rights groups, LGBTQ leaders and two of her fellow board members after saying she welcomes support from all kinds of groups, even the far-right Proud Boys.

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Supreme Court turns away school's appeal of sex-assault case

The U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from a Virginia school board that says it shouldn’t be held liable for the alleged sexual assault of a student by a classmate on a band trip

The Independent UK

As DeSantis injects politics into Florida school boards, parents are getting more influence

MIAMI — In September, a debate over whether the Miami-Dade School Board should recognize October as LGBTQ history month again left board members facing a divided roomful of constituents.

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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #36

Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance.

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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #34

Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance.

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Brickbat: You Haven't Seen Me Angry Yet

A Michigan woman has sued the Chippewa Valley School Board for contacting her employer and the U.S. Justice Department to complain about her speaking out at board meetings about schools being closed during the COVID-19 pandemic and about school mask policy. Sandra Hernden said her son was suffering academically and…

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Miami school district says it denied Pulitzer play due to racy scenes. Others say censorship

MIAMI — Days after the Miami-Dade County School District denied students from attending Miami New Drama’s production of Nilo Cruz’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Anna in the Tropics,” school officials pointed to lines and imagery they considered to be “sexually explicit” or inappropriate for school-aged children.

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Tensions flare at Miami school board meeting as panel votes against LGBT+ history month

School board members cited Florida’s Parental Rights in Education bill as their reason for not supporting October being recognised as LGBTQ History Month

The Independent UK

School gun case sparks debate over safety and second chances

In May, police got a tip and arrested student Keyon Robinson with a gun on his high school campus in suburban Chicago

The Independent UK

School gun case sparks debate over safety and second chances

In May, police got a tip and arrested student Keyon Robinson with a gun on his high school campus in suburban Chicago

The Independent UK

Broward’s elementary schools will start publishing their list of books. Some deemed ‘objectionable’ might get tossed.

Every book at Broward’s elementary school libraries will be cataloged and posted online so parents can review content for anything they find objectionable.

Tribune News Service

After a grand jury report blasted Broward schools over campus safety, the state wants answers

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A statewide grand jury’s blistering critique of a school renovation program led to the removal of four Broward school board members, but the report also accuses the school district of serious safety failures.

Tribune News Service

‘A reform board’: New Broward School Board members are sworn in

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — As Broward County’s newest School Board members were sworn into office Tuesday, they wasted no time showing that major changes would be coming.

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DeSantis-suspended Broward school board member, challenger fight for votes in November runoff

MIAMI — The next chapter of the contentious relationship between the state’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and the school board of Broward County, the Florida county with the most registered Democratic Party voters, revolves around one central question: Could and would the governor suspend a school board member twice?

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4 new Broward School Board members are sworn in after Gov. DeSantis appointed them

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Broward’s newest School Board members wasted no time showing changes were coming, as they selected one of their own as the new chairman.

Tribune News Service

Who are DeSantis’ new Broward School Board appointments? 4 Republicans, 2 with insider School Board experience

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — In remaking the Broward School Board on Friday, Gov. Ron DeSantis turned to four Republicans — two of whom have School Board experience and the kind of insider knowledge that could help them effect change in the problem-plagued School District.

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DeSantis removes 4 school board members accused of ‘incompetence and neglect’ after Parkland massacre

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took a grand jury up on its recommendation Friday afternoon to remove four Broward School Board members after a scathing report that accused them of having “engaged in acts of incompetence and neglect of duty.”

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Right wins big in Fla. school boards

Anti-"woke" right-wingers score major victories in Miami, Sarasota — but elsewhere in Florida, liberals push back

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Policies that notify Virginia parents of ‘sexually explicit content’ in school materials are on the way

NORFOLK, Va. — Virginia school boards have until the end of the year to adopt policies to inform parents if any instructional materials contain sexually explicit content, the latest step in the debate over what and how children should be taught.

Reason

Court Blocks School Board's Exclusion of Critic from School Board Meetings (and Other School Functions)

"[I]t is hard to shake the sense that the School Board is restricting the speech because the Board disagrees with both Mr. McBreairty's opinions and the unpleasantness that accompanies them."

The Independent UK

Florida paper under fire for running op-ed from Proud Boys wife defending group

‘This decision fell short of our standards, and we apologize to our readers,’ editor says

Chicago Sun-Times

Get buy-in before moving ahead with $120 million new school for Near South Side

The School Board was slated to vote on the proposal, but it was pulled at the last minute. Even some supporters agreed with the need to build consensus and listen to the concerns of the broader school community.

Ballotpedia

Ballotpedia’s mid-year recall report shows sustained interest in school board recall

In the first half of 2022, Ballotpedia tracked 152 recall efforts against 240 officials. These figures represent a small decline from 2021, when we tallied 165 recall efforts against 263 officials by midyear. In comparison, the highest number of recall efforts we have tracked by midyear was 189 in 2016.…

Tribune News Service

Robert Runcie now leads national superintendent group and school safety initiative

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Robert Runcie, whose tenure as Broward schools superintendent included the Parkland tragedy and a grand jury indictment, is now overseeing a national group of school leaders and a $1 million project to improve school safety around the country.

Miami Herald

Remote learning apps used in schools tracked kids’ data without their knowledge, report says

When the coronavirus pandemic upended traditional methods of delivering education, school districts across the country and the globe turned to online learning platforms.

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