Broward County superintendent offers to resign April 27, 2021 at 10:01 PM EDT - Updated April 27 at 11:56 PM
Broward County Public Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie has offered to resign after his arrest last week on a perjury charge.
"If the environment is not as such that I can do my very best, I'm willing to discuss a path to a mutual agreement of separation," Runcie told the school board during a meeting Tuesday.
The announcement came just hours after the school district released a
Broward County Superintendent Robert Runcie: 'I will be vindicated'
Runcie also addressed the parents of the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, speaking directly to Lori Alhadeff, who was elected to the Broward County School Board later that year.
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Hillsborough County School Superintendent Addison Davis, on left, addresses the board during a School Board retreat at the Hillsborough County Public Schools' Instructional Service Center, 2920 N. 40th St., on Tuesday, April 27, 2021 in Tampa. Also pictured is School Board Chair Lynn Gray, district 7, on right. [ DIRK SHADD | Times ]
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Broward County Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie offers to leave more than three years after leading the district through the nation's deadliest high school shooting.
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There’s good money in downgrading crimes committed by minority students to administrative offenses, and then demanding the law-abiding be defenseless. (Robert Runcie/Twitter)
U.S.A. – -(Ammoland.com)- “The superintendent of the Florida school district where 17 students and staff died in a 2018 high school massacre was arrested Wednesday after investigators said he lied to a grand jury investigating events surrounding the shooting,” ABC News reported Wednesday. “Broward County Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie was arrested by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement at district headquarters and charged with perjury in an official proceeding, which is a felony punishable by up to five years in prison.”
Broward County Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie formally pled not guilty on Wednesday, a day after offering to step down from his job and negotiate terms of separation. By waiving arraignment, the scheduled May 12 hearing will be canceled.
His exit from Broward County Public Schools will be negotiated with the school board chairwoman along with that of General Counsel Barbara Myrick.
School board members met Tuesday to discuss Runcie and Myrickâs statuses following their arrests last week. All members were in favor of removing both officials -- whether by suspension, administrative leave or termination -- but a decision on how to move forward and finding an interim superintendent will be made during a Thursday meeting.Â
Apr 28, 2021
(Fort Lauderdale, FL) -- The Broward County School District suddenly finds itself in need of new leadership.
Superintendent Robert Runcie announced yesterday he's resigning as is the district's lawyer, Barbara Myrick.
Runcie was arrested last week for perjury, but he says that's not why he's resigning. He says he's quitting due to the criticism he has gotten ever since the Parkland school shooting three years ago.
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What a difference a day makes. After getting indicted for perjury, Broward County schools superintendent Robert Runcie declared yesterday that the grand jury had conducted a politically motivated attack tied to the fallout from the Parkland mass shooting in 2018. Runcie insisted that he “will be vindicated,” and that he would demand full “due process” as he defended himself and his position:
By last night, however, Runcie decided that discretion really is the better part of valor:
After he was charged with lying to a grand jury earlier this month, Robert W. Runcie insisted he would “be vindicated.”
The schools superintendent in Broward County, Fla. had spent years battling accusations tied to his leadership before and after the Parkland school shooting — and the indictment, he claimed, was simply another politically motivated attack tied to the massacre.