Category: Sarasota County School Board

Sarasota School Board Shuts Down Meeting Over ‘Restless Crowd’

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–A Sarasota School Board meeting was cut short on May 3 when audience members grew loud and restless and demanded to be heard. Topics covered at the meeting included textbook content, with a number of people making claims that the school board was pushing Critical Race Theory and social-emotional learning. They also referenced the parental rights…


Florida School Boards to Lessen Time for Parents to Speak

After many raucous debates at Florida school board meetings, county bodies across the state have moved to make changes to their public comment policy. Traditionally, school boards and local governments set rules and policies to aid in governing the public’s participation at their meetings. They help keep the proceedings moving along, offer time for residents…