DeSantis suspended four elected school board members because of their neglect of duty and Insufficiency. This decision takes a long time and is completed by a grand jury. In a statement, DeSantis says that He hopes the action “bring the Parkland community another step towards justice”
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Who is DeSantis?
An American politician Ronald Dion DeSantis who is born on 14 September 1978, in Jacksonville. DeSantis. He has served as the 46th governor of Florida since 2019. From 2013 to 2018 he also served Florida’s 6th district in the U.S. House of Representatives.
DeSantis personal Details
Ronald Dion DeSantis is born on September 14, 1978. His birthplace is Jacksonville, Florida, United States.
Political Party Republican
Residence Governor’s Mansion
Spouse Casey Black
Children 3
Education Yale University(BA), Harvard University(JD)
Military Service
Branch & Service The United States Navy
Allegiance United States
Rank Lieutenant commander
Year of service 2004 – present
Battles & Wars Iraq War
Unit Judge Advocate, General’s Corps, United states navy, Reserve
Awards FMF Warfare Officer, Insignia, Bronze star, Navy and Marine corps
Commendation Medal, GWOT Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal
Assumed office (8 January 2019)
Lieutenant Jeanette Nunez
Preceded by Rick Scott
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives From Florida’s 6th District in office
Succeeded by Michael Waltz
Preceded by Cliff Stearns
Education of DeSantis
He was born on September 14, 1978, in Jacksonville, Florida. His parents are of Italian descent with all of his great-grandparents born in Italy. The name of both of them is Karen and Ronald Daniel Desantis. DeSantis’s father installed Nielsen TV rating Boxes and his mother was a nurse. When DeSantis was six years old they all moved to Orlando, Florida.
DeSantis join Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School and attended Dunedin High School for higher studies. He completed his graduation in 1997. To study History he joined Yale University after his graduation. He appeared as Caption of the Yale varsity Baseball team. DeSantis did his graduation in 2001 with B.A. Then in 2005, he graduated with a Juris Doctor at Harvard Law School.
DeSantis Military service
During his second year at Harvard Law in 2004, DeSantis was featured as an officer in the U.S. Navy and joined the Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps. After completing Naval Justice School in 2005, As a prosecutor, he received orders to the JAT Trialbservice office command southeast at Naval Station Mayport, Florida. Then he get a promotion from Lieutenant, Junior grade to Lieutenant in 2006. He returned to the U.S. in April 2008. for reassigned to the Naval Region Southeast Legal Service.
DeSantis gets many awards during his military career for his fantastic and award-winning work. Like- Bronze Star Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, Global War on Television Service Medal, and the Iraq Campaign Medal.
Who is suspended by DeSantis from the elected school board?
Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida suspended four elected members of the school board. from some sources, it is confirmed that the grand jury found that the four school board members including the fifth one no longer held the positions they all “connected in acts of incompetence and neglect of duty”, They have been accused of misapplication of an $800 million bond issue approved by voters in 2014 that was considered to renovate school for making them safer.
Name of persons who were suspended by DeSantis
- Patrica good
- Donna P. Korn
- Ann Murray
- Laurie Rich Levinson
The fifth person is Rosalind Osgood, Who is recommended for removal from office. He is also a democrat, Which is elected to the same senate in a special election this year.
The Reasons behind this suspension
In a report on Friday, it is mentioned that DeSantis suspend board members. The board chairwoman Levinson describes her reaction to the suspension of officers, as a “Political hatchet job” adapted by the governor. Also, she said it is nasty partisan politics.
After 14 Students and three staff members were gunned down on February 14, 2018, At Marjory Stoneman Douglas High school in Parkland, A Broward County suburb. The shooter, Nikolas Cruz, Pleaded guilty in October and is now on trial to decide whether he will be sentenced to death or life without parole.
Broward County and Fort Lauderdale is the country’s sixth largest school, Which has the responsibility of 260,000 students. The decision to suspension of officers is taken after the forceable behavior of the victim’s families who was died or injured in school violence.
In his statement, DeSantis said that it was very important for him to take this decision in favor of the victim. Because it was our responsibility of us to give a safe environment and campus to the student, But besides this, it happened. Board cant be ignore this type of undisciplined behavior. So we have to take strict action for stopping this in the future and trying to make sure students feel safe on the institution campus and can study with a free mind again without any fear.