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.

  • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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    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.

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      5 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.

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        2 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?