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A Florida school board candidate who lost his race in a county south of Jacksonville will get a seat on the board anyway, after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis tapped him to fill a vacancy.

Derek Barrs will take an open seat on the Flagler County School Board in northeast Florida, succeeding a member who resigned in September, allowing DeSantis to appoint a replacement rather than the seat going on the ballot for voters to decide.

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[-] Comrade_Spood@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 day ago

Abolish school boards. Schools should be managed by the teachers, students, and support staff.

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

It's going to be really annoying bringing every teacher, student and support staff in for votes over every budgetary item. Not sure how you make that work.

[-] Comrade_Spood@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 hours ago

Do you need every teacher, student, and support staff to decide on every budget item? No. There are ways of organizing large groups without electing boards and representatives. I won't deny schooling would need to be restructured, but I think school needs restructuring anyways.

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 hours ago

Out of pure curiosity, what are the alternatives to electing representatives?

I don't think moat people understand how many decisions a school committee makes or how busy the average teacher student or support staff are in their day to day lives. We can't seem to edge past 2/3s of the populace voting once a year for very important matters. How are you going to get all those people to do that multiple times over the year?

[-] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago

The best way is probably not to say it's an impossible task from the outset, eh?

[-] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago

There are details to work out, but it's still better

[-] Dasus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Like idk, everyone having a say, but maybe one person being more actively doing it, one who we could all decide on by voting?

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