http://dagblog.com/link/florida-superintendent-arrested-perjury-charge-school-safety-inquiry-34203 Comments for "Florida Superintendent Arrested on Perjury Charge in School Safety Inquiry" en http://dagblog.com/comment/304314#comment-304314 <a id="comment-304314"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/florida-superintendent-arrested-perjury-charge-school-safety-inquiry-34203">Florida Superintendent Arrested on Perjury Charge in School Safety Inquiry</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><blockquote> <p>The grand jury was impaneled to investigate possible wrongdoing in school districts statewide, including if refusal or failure to follow school safety laws put students at risk; if districts have committed fraud by accepting state funds conditioned on safety measures without putting them into place; and if districts have diverted funds from bonds for school safety for other purposes.</p> <p>The grand jury was also empowered to investigate where districts are “systematically underreporting” incidents of criminal activity in schools, a contention some parents of Parkland students <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/13/us/politics/trump-school-shootings-obama-discipline-policies.html?timespastHighlight=runcie,and,broward" title="">made after the shooting</a>. Mr. Runcie, who was hired by the school board in 2011, had championed <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/03/education/seeing-the-toll-schools-revisit-zero-tolerance.html?timespastHighlight=runcie,and,broward" title="">ending so-called zero tolerance policies</a> that resulted in the suspensions and expulsions of many students of color.</p> </blockquote> </div></div></div> Wed, 21 Apr 2021 23:57:12 +0000 artappraiser comment 304314 at http://dagblog.com