Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) helped members of the anti-LGBTQ+ group Moms for Liberty get elected to local school boards in his state. Now the newly seated board members are repaying DeSantis by ousting school officials who dared defy his orders against school mask mandates during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
An educational anti-censorship expert says this development is part of DeSantis’ plan to shift his state’s schools toward a conservative ideology. With Moms for Liberty in control, curricula will exclude LGBTQ-inclusive and anti-racist education.
Bridget Ziegler, a co-founder of Moms for Liberty, is now chair of the Sarasota County school board. She is one of two dozen school board candidates to whom DeSantis donated $1,000. Most won their elections, Common Dreams reported.
On Tuesday, Ziegler and the Sarasota County school board voted 4-1 in favor of ousting Brennan Asplen, the superintendent of county schools. Moms for Liberty criticized Asplen and school board members in 2021 when the board voted to require students to wear face masks in schools. The vote defied DeSantis’ executive order requiring schools to allow parents to opt-out of mask requirements. Earlier this month, five members of the Broward County school board – also supported by DeSantis – voted to fire district superintendent Vickie Cartwright. Cartwright and her district had also defied DeSantis’ face mask order.
DeSantis Helped ‘Moms For Liberty’ Overthrow South Florida School Boards
- Evyn Almanzar
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