Alachua School District Leader Pushes Back on State over Kirk Criticism

Alachua school district leader pushes back on state over Kirk criticism

After being summoned to explain her comments on Charlie Kirk, the chair defended her First Amendment rights.

"You're hurting the community, you're hurting our schools, you're hurting our districts": State Board of Education grills SBAC Vice Chair Tina Certain over social media posts

At the November 13 State BOE meeting, members questioned SBAC Vice Chair Tina Certain about several social media posts; she declined to answer several questions, and she disclosed at the end of the discussion that the school district paid for the attorney who wrote a letter defending her free speech rights and accompanied her to the Board of Education meeting. The post “You’re hurting the community, you’re hurting our schools, you’re hurting our…