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⚠️ All Florida voters who want to vote by mail in 2023 & 2024 need to submit a NEW vote-by-mail ballot request to their county Supervisor of Elections!
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How to vote by mail in Florida - All Voting is Local
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If you would like to vote by mail in this year’s municipal elections or in the 2024 general election, you must submit a new vote-by-mail request. Florida’s voting laws now require voters who wis...Comment on Facebook
What a crock of shit. How many times do you have to register.
Decreased funding of public schools will ultimately decrease students’ ability to learn, which compounds the learning losses experienced during the pandemic.
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Before expanding vouchers, fund public schools | Letters
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He’s doing a fine job of destroying the education system in Florida. No wonder the state ranks at the bottom end of the education spectrum. No wonder they can’t keep talented teachers in their classrooms. No wonder FL school systems are looking to hire teachers abroad. How DISGUSTING, how tragic for the children…. -retired teacher.
The DeSantis administration sent a letter to the College Board refusing an AP African American Studies course for Florida. The letter stated that the course is “inexplicably contrary to Florida law and significantly lacks educational value.”
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Presently Florida offers AP courses in European History, AP Japanese Language & Culture, and AP German Language & Culture, yet the course on AP African American studies is rejected. The disregard for the lived experiences and contributions of Black Americans is appalling. Additional context and updates on this unfolding situation can be found here: www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2023/01/23/desantis-defends-florida-rejecting-ap-african-americ...
That is disgusting and disturbing
I hope you click on the Action link above.
Black History is American History but not in Florida. Ron DeSantis is a danger to education and democracy. He must never be President.
Actually DeSantis needs to stop.
Please share! Please take action!
DeStain is anti-American
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Gov. Ron DeSantis is standing by the decision to reject students’ access to an AP African American course as outrage mounts.
Black officials are seeking to overturn the administration’s determination that the class “significantly lacks educational value.” ... See MoreSee Less
DeSantis defends banning African American studies course as Black leaders call for action
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Black officials in Florida are seeking to overturn the administration’s determination that the class “significantly lacks educational value.”Comment on Facebook
All education and elected officials should be working to overturn this.
Time to get the ACLU involved.
🎥 WATCH: The League of Women Voters of Florida and League of Women Voters of Sarasota County host a community conversation addressing a range of topics related to the current state of public education in Florida. ... See MoreSee Less
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Sound will be enabled when the panel officially begins!
Yes. If we all remember the fundamentals of education as our panelist speaks-Maslow. Always keep Maslow in the foundation to guide all our educational principles.
Will there be a recording of this discussion?
Is it feedback from the auditorium mic or is the camera mic not enabled.
He has mic too close to his mouth.Maybe?
Make the public school great again and there won’t be a problem!
I’m fine with a parent taking a voucher but the voucher needs to go to a school that has the same requirements as the public school.
We are fortunate to have many trade options in our county
There is definitely a problem with the microphone. words are dropping, closer to the mike seems to help.
I cannot understand him at all.
Fix the Reverends mic 🎙
Can't understand the speaker
Leave it to the accountant to believe in the free market!!!!
Unable to understand-perhaps the mic is too close?
Yes I had a lot of trouble figuring out how to get connected too. Hope it will now be worth it.
Closed captioning is not hearing him either
Looking forward to this panel.
so glad that live streaming seems to be going to work.
Let the non profits take over the public schools if there is a mass exodus…
When subjects are banned, I want to know why?? What are you afraid of? ? Why would you Not want to learn both sides of every single thing??? Tyrants ban books. 🤔
Let’s come together and be transparent…why not ask all of the audience questions??? Seems like you don’t want to ask the difficult questions…what a joke & waste of time!
Our event will begin shortly. Thank you for tuning in.
Sarasota county has incredible Arts organizations that support our schools. Perhaps getting them to come and speak about who they are and what they offer our schools, would be a much needed reminder. Sarasotaarts.org. Education Foundation of Sarasota , Kennedy Center etc
This bill is more than what's literally stated. It is created to send a message, to intimidate teachers. Ex of classroom libraries is tragic as it keeps students from books and exposure...from connections students might make as they see representations of themselves, for example.
Exactly. Couldn’t agree more. If we used an old theory of Howard Gardners Multiple intelligences, it would be so much easier to keep students out of “silos” and so easy to see all students and how they learn.-Allowing intelligences in all forms to experience educational opportunities available.
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🍎 TONIGHT: We're hosting an in-person community conversation in Sarasota that will address a range of topics related to the current state of public education in Florida.
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Tune in here: fb.watch/ieRechq45n/?mibextid=qC1gEa
Can't join .. thought it would be online. Registered, FB link doesn't work. What a shame
I am trying to get on the Facebook livestream too
They haven’t begun yet. Maybe refresh your page. It is streaming there.
cannot get on
Shirley Lewis-BrownCan't get on!
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