Barbara Myrick’s father couldn’t read, but as a builder, he could understand blueprints. He never had the opportunity to start his own business, but today, as president of B&M Construction,
This will be the School Board’s second major shakeup in three months. In late August, Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended and replaced four long-time School Board members after the release of a grand jury report that found widespread mismanagement in the district.
Interim General Counsel Marylin Batista has been negotiating with School Board Chairman Torey Alston to keep the job permanently. But the two are at an impasse over pay.
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Some Broward School Board members question whether it was a wise use of taxpayer dollars to pay the legal bill for former members who fought the release of the grand jury report.
Broward Superintendent Vickie Cartwright's actions come after a state Department of Education official told her to remove administrators named in a grand jury report.