ORLANDO, Fla.—Gov. Ron DeSantis is working to turn Florida’s 67 school boards freedom-based, one seat at a time.
As governor, DeSantis endorsed 34 candidates in school board races—local-level contests that rarely draw attention from state officials. All but five of the DeSantis endorsees won.
“That’s a huge, huge thing,” he said at “The Freedom Blueprint” education retreat at the Westgate Lakes Resort and Spa in Orlando on Dec. 19.
“In the past, nobody cared about these races. Nobody was paying much attention to these races, except the teachers’ unions; they would fund the races.
“For too long, these school boards have not reflected the values of the communities that they were supposedly elected to serve,” he said….