Carvalho to state: Miami-Dade Schools will 'do the right thing' despite consequences

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Source: Miami Herald

Miami-Dade Superintendent Alberto Carvalho heavily hinted to the State Board of Education on Wednesday that the largest school district in Florida intends to buck Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration’s order on masks, saying he will do “the right thing” and will wear the consequences as a “badge of honor.”

The nine-member Miami-Dade County School Board is meeting later Wednesday to discuss the issue, and it is likely to require students to wear masks when they return to class Monday, following the unanimous recommendation of a task force of medical experts. Carvalho said on Monday he fully supports the medical experts’ recommendation. “For the consequences associated with doing the right thing, whatever that right thing is, I will wear proudly as a badge of honor,” Carvalho told the state board during a meeting at Miami Dade College’s Wolfson Campus.

“I’m going to leave here today and go to my own school board meeting and I’m going to do that, which is right, rightfully righteous.” Carvalho’s remarks came a day after the state board held an emergency meeting to consider sanctions against two Florida school districts — Broward County Public Schools and Alachua County Public Schools — that flouted DeSantis’ order on mask mandates.

Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran warned both districts last week that the state board could withhold funds from the districts if they continue to require parents to provide a doctor’s note to allow them to opt their kids out of the districts’ mandates. The districts escaped sanctions Tuesday, but the state board directed Corcoran to further investigate the “conduct” of the districts’ school board members and superintendents. Board Chair Tom Grady floated the possibility of removing school officials from office as a consequence during Tuesday’s meeting.

Read more: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/education/article253524759.html

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1. Removing people for doing the right thing. Heinous!

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2. Education Commissioner is a total liar, even Death Sentence acknowledged they can't steal the $$.

But here comes his little rw buddy, with no qualifications and getting the job because Scott liked his rw politics, making the same totally bullshit empty threat that DS admitted was a joke just 2 days before. What idiots these dolts do be.