Florida Superintendent Arrested on Perjury Charge in School Safety Inquiry

By artappraiser on Wed, 04/21/2021 - 7:48pm |

The superintendent of the public school district in Broward County was arrested as part of a wide-ranging criminal investigation that began in the tumultuous months after the mass shooting at a high school in Parkland. https://t.co/1neukMXZcE
— Patricia Mazzei (@PatriciaMazzei) April 21, 2021

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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/21/us/robert-runcie-florida-superintendent-arrested.html

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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.

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 made after the shooting. Mr. Runcie, who was hired by the school board in 2011, had championed ending so-called zero tolerance policies that resulted in the suspensions and expulsions of many students of color.

by artappraiser on Wed, 04/21/2021 - 7:57pm

Florida Superintendent Arrested on Perjury Charge in School Safety Inquiry

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