Back in 2011 I did the first part of this story. It was actually a series of stories about how some South Florida School Districts blatantly violated state law. They did it, they got away with it, and there were never any consequences for what they did. Feckless, weak state leadership did nothing to curb their behavior then. Nada.
At that time, the 2010-2011 school year, the issue was school class-size compliance.
Fast forward to 2019, and the issue of the day is following state law on school security and the mandate to have armed security at each public school, from the beginning of the day until the end of the day for every school in the state. This is all in response to the tragic massacre at Parkland last year.
But now we hear that several large South Florida School Districts have not complied with the law.
One district apparently wasted taxpayer dollars in a fumbling, left-handed attempt to comply--and yet they did not comply.
And it is in many cases the same culprits that got away with blowing off class size nearly 10 years ago.
I certainly hope the Governor and the Legislature do not give these districts that are not in compliance a pass like they were issued over class size non-compliance.
This issue is much more profound and important than that issue was--but rules and laws MUST be followed and it is disheartening and really a dereliction of duty to allow the big districts to get away with this garbage when small to medium sized school districts like Escambia County have consistently complied.
End the double standards. Everyone Complies!
