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Related: About this forumFlorida schools superintendent who defied DeSantis on COVID masks is ousted
The 3-2 vote to terminate the contract of Carlee Simon came late Tuesday night by the Alachua County school board.GAINESVILLE A Florida school superintendent who defied Gov. Ron DeSantis on pandemic masks for students has been fired by the local school board.
The 3-2 vote to terminate the contract of Carlee Simon came late Tuesday night by the Alachua County school board.
A key vote for termination was that of board member Mildred Russell, who was appointed in August by the Republican governor to replace a member who did not live within her district.
In a statement prior to the vote, Simon called it retribution for her stance against DeSantis and his opposition to mask mandates in Florida schools. Alachua County was one of about a dozen districts that risked loss of state funding by requiring masks during the coronavirus pandemic.
https://www.tampabay.com/news/education/2022/03/02/florida-schools-superintendent-who-defied-desantis-on-covid-masks-is-ousted/
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Florida schools superintendent who defied DeSantis on COVID masks is ousted (Original Post)
Zorro
Mar 2022
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Chainfire
(17,526 posts)1. Thug politics. The world that Republicans desire.
lpbk2713
(42,751 posts)2. Let no good deed go unpunished.
The mouth breathers will do it every time just because they can.
SoCalDavidS
(9,998 posts)3. Her First Mistake Was Living In Florida
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