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Stetson Names Elizabeth Skomp New Provost and Vice President

April 15, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Elizabeth Skomp

Stetson President Christopher F. Roellke, PhD, announced that Elizabeth Skomp, PhD, will serve as the university’s next provost and vice president of Academic Affairs.

Sheriff’s Office Investigating Likely ‘Unsubstantiated Rumor’ of Shooting at Indian Trails Middle Friday

April 13, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

A hallway at Indian Trails Middle School. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office is investigating reports by students and parents at Indian Trails Middle School that the school will be the target of a shooting on Friday. The alleged threat appears to have originated from within the school, and appears to have little validity, but more than one source.

Marketing Lab Opens at Matanzas High School, Giving Classroom a Real-World Vibe of Office Energy

April 13, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

A segment of the Marketing Lab at Matanzas High School, moments before today's ribbon-cutting. (© FlaglerLive)

Matanzas High School’s Marketing Lab is the newest addition to its marketing and finance program, a hands-on immersive experience for students to get the full workplace experience from conceiving products to pitching their marketability to developing advertising campaigns to selling. Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt and Matanzas Principal Kristin Bozeman inaugurated the lab today.

Behind Mittelstadt’s Firing: ‘An Out of the Closet Lesbian’ Who Refuses to Kiss Chamber’s Ring

April 10, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 58 Comments

Flagler County School Board members Sally Hunt, left, Will Furry and Christy Chong. (© FlaglerLive)

The bigoted, vengeful firing of Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt will deeply stain Flagler County’s reputation for business or great schools: Neither the three school board members nor the chamber of commerce who orchestrated the ouster could find a single reason to fire her, fabrications aside. Malevolence was enough.

The Closing of the Floridian Mind

April 8, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 44 Comments

Michelangelo's David. Inappropriate in Florida schools. (Richard Mortel)

Ron DeSantis’ crackdown on thinking has got teachers so spooked, and so emboldened censorious Christian nationalists, that knowledge is being ripped out of public education in this state, even before his ridiculous laws are officially in place.

First Book Bans. Now School Libraries: Sally Hunt Thinks Media Centers Could Be Shrunk.

April 7, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 44 Comments

A section of the media center at Rymfire Elementary, which SchoolBoard member Sally Hunt thinks is "huge" and could be used for other purposes. But it already is. No students appear in the picture for student privacy. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County School Board member Sally Hunt thinks some school libraries may be too large and under-used. She wants to rethink library spaces and media specialists’ roles, and thinks the public library could be the repository of books unwanted on school campuses.

Palm Coast Chamber’s Disinformation on Student Performance and Superintendent Draws Sharp Rebukes

April 6, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

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Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt and School Board Vice Chair Colleen Conklin both issued sharply worded rebukes to rankly misinforming statements by the Flagler Palm Coast Chamber of Commerce regarding Mittelstadt’s performance in the last three years. A 3-2 majority of the school board fired Mittelstadt Tuesday, as of June 30.

Chong, Furry and Hunt in 3-2 Majority Not to Renew Superintendent Mittelstadt’s Contract

April 4, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 81 Comments

Rebuffing an outpouring of public support for Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt at this evening’s special meeting, the Flagler County School Board voted 3-2 not to renew her contract when it expires in June.

Focusing on Student Use, Flagler School Board Nears Closer to Ending Belle Terre Swim Club’s Memberships

April 4, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The Flagler County School Board's Will Furry is proposing to end the use of the Belle Terre Swim and Racquet Club as a public-oriented club, and close its gym, while refocusing it toward student use and leasing it to some public use. (© FlaglerLive via Flagler Schools TV)

After a decade of hesitancy and inaction, the Flagler County School Board is wading closer to turning the Belle Terre Swim and Racquet Club into a student-focused facility, removing its use as a membership driven club, while still leaving the door open to public use on a leasing basis.

The Cabal Against Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt

April 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

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Flagler County Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt is the target of a cabal made up of a clique who claim to speak for a broader mass than they do, and who do so on the flimsiest pretexts and, whispering campaign aside, nonexistent evidence. Yet Tuesday evening, Mittelstadt may well be fired, with no justification.

On Eve of Decision, School Board Evaluations Rate Superintendent On Higher End of ‘Satisfactory’

April 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt. (© FlaglerLive)

The five Flagler County School Board members’ combined evaluation scores for Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt average 3.69 points out of a possible 5, rating her “Acceptable/Satisfactory” as the board heads into Tuesday’s special meeting to decide whether to renew her contract, and if so, how.

‘Promises Made and Kept’: ESE Parent Advisory Council Voices Unanimous Support for Superintendent

April 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

It's been working to students' advantage. (Aaron Burden on Unsplash)

The parent-members of Flagler Schools’ ESE Parent Advisory Council (or EPAC) voted unanimously in support of the renewal or extension of Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt’s contract, issuing a letter outlining the superintendent’s achievements and cautioning against yet more instability.

I Served on Flagler’s School District Book Review Committee, Only to Be Silenced

April 2, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

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One of 14 members appointed by the Flagler school administration to a district-level committee to review the challenge to Amy Reed’s “The Nowhere Girls” describes the experience of being part of a 14-0 decision to retain the book, only to be overruled by the superintendent, who banned the book.

Peacock Sent Sally Hunt Script on Firing Superintendent Even as She Claimed ‘Due Diligence’

March 31, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

The text showing the image of the script on how to fire the superintendent that Paul Peacock, the principal at Wadsworth Elementary, sent School Board member Sally Hunt during a workshop on Feb. 22. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County School Board member Sally Hunt and Wadsworth Elementary Principal Paul Peacock were orchestrating the firing of Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt as far back as February 22, a text Peacock sent Hunt two hours before a school board meeting shows. All along, Hunt claimed she was doing her “due diligence,” and that she had not made up her mind.

In a First at Flagler School Board, a Parent Pushing Book Bans Justifies Hitler’s Book-Burning

March 31, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

Allison Lauderdale downplayed book-burning in Nazi Germany in an appearance before the Flagler County School Board on Tuesday. (© FlaglerLive via Flagler Schools TV)

A parent falsely claimed Hitler’s book burnings only targeted sexually deviant books, as if to suggest the same should be done in Flagler. She was not corrected, though school board members on occasion have devoted parts of their comments to correct the record, especially when the board’s chamber is abused to peddle egregious, insulting or outright false statements.

School Committee Votes 6-0 to Keep Looking For Alaska as Superintendent Bans Nowhere Girls

March 30, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

John Green's "Looking for Alaska" hits close to the heart: a committee member referred to a passage from the book during today's review at Matanzas High School. (© FlaglerLive)

John Green’s “Looking for Alaska” skated this afternoon to a Matanzas High School review committee’s 6-0 vote for retention, rebuffing a challenge to the book.  It was the second book decision in a day in the Flagler district, the third in a week, counting Tuesday’s vote by the school board to retain Patricia McCormick’s “Sold.”

Skirting Ban, FPC Committee Votes to ‘Weed’ Tilt, With Same Result: the Book Is Removed

March 30, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

A review committee member with a copy of Ellen Hopkins's "Tilt" this morning at Flagler Palm Coast High School. (© FlaglerLive)

A seven-member committee reviewing a challenge of Ellen Hopkins’s “Tilt” unanimously voted this morning to remove the book from circulation at the Flagler Palm Coast High School library, but not on challenged grounds. The committee found the book did not meet criteria to be banned, but met criteria to be “weeded,” as outdated.

Tenure No Longer Tenure in Florida As University Board Rules for 5-Year Reviews

March 30, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

A faculty lounge at the University of Florida. The couch is not tenured. (UF)

The state university system’s Board of Governors on Wednesday gave final approval to a regulation that would require faculty members to undergo post-tenure reviews every five years, amid heavy opposition from critics who argued it could lead to a “downward trend in morale” on campus.

Challenged in Flagler Schools: John Green’s Looking For Alaska, a Review and a Recommendation

March 29, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

John Green published Looking for Alaska in 2005. The cover doesn;t show it well here, but the origin of the smoke is not a cigarette, though there is plenty of smoking in the book, but a candle that has just been extinguished.

John Green’s “Looking for Alaska,” a novel of adolescence, friendship, loyalty and misjudgments, is among the 22 books so far this school year that a trio of individuals have sought to ban from high school library shelves. A committee meets on March 30 at 3 p.m. at Matanzas High School to decide whether to retain it or ban it.

School Board Denies Paul Peacock’s Grievance Appeal in Skirmish Over Larger Power Struggle

March 29, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Wadsworth Elementary's Paul Peacock

The grievance is a skirmish in a larger power struggle over the superintendent’s future. That struggle continues, with Peacock, school board members and now the local chamber of commerce all having played or still seeking to play a role in the board’s impending decision on whether to renew Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt’s contract.

Flagler School Board Keeps Sold on School Library Shelves in Unprecedented 3-2 Vote

March 28, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Patricia McCormick's Sold was a Sold, a 2006 National Book Award finalist. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County School Board this evening voted 3-2 to keep “Sold,” the novel in verse by Patricia McCormick, on the shelves of Flagler County school’s high school libraries. The novel is written from the perspective of a 13-year-old girl trafficked to a prostitution house in India.

School Board Uncomfortable with Arming Classroom Teachers, But Not Other Campus Staffers

March 28, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Tommy Wooleyhan, the Flagler County school district's safety specialist, discussing the potential of arming school staffers this afternoon before the Flagler County School Board, with the Sheriff's Office's Commander Jennifer Nawrocki. (© FlaglerLive via Flagler schools TV)

A majority of school board members today said that, while not opposed to arming school staffers, they would be uncomfortable with arming classroom teachers, as opposed to staffers or administrators beyond individual classrooms.

Drowning Public Schools in the Bathtub to Promote GOP Ideology

March 27, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Grover Norquist speaking at a conservative rally in Minnesota in 2013. (Fibonacci Blue/Flickr)

The slow financial strangling and demonization of public schools have set the stage for the direct infusion of millions and eventually billions of taxpayer dollars into the private sector.

DeSantis Signs Massive Expansion of Subsidized Private Education at Public Expense

March 27, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 38 Comments

Gov. Ron DeSantis signs massive school voucher expansion on March 27, 2023. (Gov. Ron DeSantis Facebook page)

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed an expansive voucher law to provide public money for children to attend parochial, secular and other private schools across the state, despite previous skepticism about letting millionaire and billionaire families participate in Florida’s K-12 school voucher programs.

Challenged in Flagler Schools: Ellen Hopkins’s Tilt, a Review and a Recommendation

March 27, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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In “Tilt,” Ellen Hopkins gives us the powerful coming of age story of three very engaging, very different American teenagers. The novel is on the list of books three Flagler County residents are seeking to ban. A Flagler Palm Coast High School committee discusses the challenge on Thursday.

DeSantis Is Destroying Florida Universities’ Hard-Earned Respect in the Name of White Nationalism

March 26, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

A student demonstration at the University of Central Florida last September. (© FlaglerLive)

Florida’s public universities have been gaining national prominence and respect, with U.F. and FSU ranked Nos. 5 and 19 among public universities. DeSantis’s assault on academic freedom in the name of a white-nationalist, America-first curriculum is demolishing that hard-earned respect and making an embarrassment of the state.

‘Salam, Ramadan Mubarak!’: 4 Ways Schools Can Bring Ramadan Into the Classroom

March 25, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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As Muslims begin observing Ramadan, it’s a good time to consider the importance of building a strong sense of belonging at school. Affirming the identities of Muslim students and all minoritized and racialized learners is a way of creating a positive classroom culture.

Behind Principal Paul Peacock’s $7,500 Grievance, a Roil of Politics and Sideshow Maneuvers

March 24, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

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Wadsworth principal Paul Peacock’s grievance appeal for a $7,500 supplement is not a complex issue for the School Board to decide on March 28. But it is taking place amid a peripheral stew of noise, politics, and maneuvering over the superintendent’s future, plus a threat of a lawsuit, all of which will challenge the board’s ability to stick to the merits of the appeal.

Superintendent’s Self-Evaluation Is 2 Points Short of ‘Highly Effective,’ With Notable Gaps

March 23, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt's future in the district is more hidden than she would prefer. (© FlaglerLive)

If it’s not a done deal–which it may well be–the self-evaluations may be key to Flagler School Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt’s future, which can now fairly be called embattled as one school board member has been seeking her replacement, two have remained mum on her future, and only two have lent her support.

Sally Hunt Has Problems. The School District Is Paying the Price.

March 22, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

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Flagler County School Board member Sally Hunt has a problem with truth. She has a problem with transparency. She has a problem with process. She has a problem with judgment. And she has a problem with the law. She’s also our problem. She’ll either lift this district or drag it down. Right now it’s not looking up.

Any Private or Home Schooled Student Would Be Eligible for $8,000 in Massive Expansion of ‘Vouchers’ at Public Expense

March 18, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 63 Comments

Reasons to smile: future weekday warriors get a leg up, yet again. (Eaglebrook School)

The Republican-controlled House passed a measure that would make every Florida student –in private school, religious schools or home-schooled–eligible for $8,000 in taxpayer-backed school vouchers, as Democrats and other critics slammed the expansion as a “coupon for millionaires.”

Belle Terre Swim Club’s Finances Are Not as Dire as Projected, Club Advocate Says

March 17, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

The Belle Terre Swim and Racquet Club's fate has been uncertain for years, as it is again this year, and with it the ability of organizations like the Synchro Belles to use the facility's pool for training. (© FlaglerLive)

Doug Courtney, a member of the Belle Terre Swim and Racquet Club’s advisory committee, questions the school district’s claims that closing the club to public use would be a financial benefit.

Matanzas Aide Attacked by 17 Year Old Had Reported His Threats As Far Back as August

March 17, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Brendan Depa being led away at Matanzas High School after the Feb. 21 incident, in a capture from body cam footage.

Joan Naydich, the 58-year-old Matanzas High School paraprofessional attacked by one of her students on Feb. 21 had alerted the classroom teacher as far back as late August of the student’s aggression and belligerence, according to a petition for an injunction she filed at the end of February.

Sally Hunt Courted Ex-FPC Principal Dusty Sims for Superintendent Outside School Board’s and Public’s Purview

March 15, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 37 Comments

Dusty Sims, left, when he was a principal at Flagler Palm Coast High School, and School Board member Sally Hunt. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County School Board member Sally Hunt has been courting Dusty Sims, the former Flagler Palm Coast High School principal, as a replacement for Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt, without the school board’s approval or knowledge, and before Mittlelstadt’s fate is decided. Hunt’s maneuvering contradicts pretenses of neutrality at school board meetings.

Would-Be Book-Banner Appeals Nowhere Girls Decision Even Before 14-0 Vote to Keep It

March 13, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

The 14-member appeals committee meeting this evening in Bunnell. It was facilitated by Lashakia Moore, the assistant superintendent. (© FlaglerLive)

A 14-member district committee voted unanimously this evening to recommend keeping Amy Reed’s “The Nowhere Girls,” a book deconstructing high school rape culture, on the shelves at Flagler Palm Coast High School and Matanzas High School. The woman challenging the book filed an appeal to the school board even before the superintendent has weighed on.

Citing ‘Reason Above Prejudice,’ Superintendent Upholds Recommendation to Keep Sold on School Shelves

March 13, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

"Sold" was discussed at an appeals committee meeting on March 6. (© FlaglerLive)

Citing “principle above personal opinion and reason above prejudice,” Flagler School Superintendent Cathy Mittlestadt upheld the recommendation of a district appeals committee to keep Patricia McCormick’s “Sold,” on human trafficking, on library shelves at high and middle schools.

Flagler District Wants Earlier High School Start Time Just as State and Research Go the Other Way

March 13, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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A disconnect is developing between the Flagler County School Board and a proposed state law to push middle and high school start times later. The Flagler board favors a later start time for middle schools. But it’s pushing an earlier start time for high schools.

Challenged in Flagler Schools: Amy Reed’s The Nowhere Girls, a Review and Recommendation

March 10, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Amy Reed's "The Nowhere Girls" was published in 2017. It has been frequently banned in various school districts and is facing an attempted ban in the Flagler County school district.

Amy Reed’s “The Nowhere Girls,” a 2017 novel on high school rape culture and three girls’ attempt to counter it, is a #MeToo manifesto for young adults. It’s up for banning from Flagler schools. This review is a guide.

School Board’s Sally Hunt Claims That She Resigned, Then, Bizarrely, Retracts the Claim

March 9, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

Sally Hunt, center, had not developed a rapport with Superintendent Cathy Mittlestadt, left, and was leaning toward not renewing her contract. (© FlaglerLive)

Sally Hunt claimed this evening in her own words that she had resigned her Flagler County School Board seat, four months after her election. It was not necessarily true. Hunt has appeared increasingly conflicted by the glare she’s been attracting recently, glare only likely to intensify after the conduct she exhibited this evening.

School Board Will Decide Superintendent’s Fate in April as Back-Channel Jockeying Intensifies

March 8, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

School Board member Sally Hunt. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County School Board agreed to vote on whether to extend or not renew Superintendent Cathy Mittlestadt’s contract on April 18, but each member will have filed evaluations and discussed them by April 4, when the superintendent’s fate should be clearer.

Yet Another Book Survives Ban as 2 Flagler High School Panels Vote to Keep Novel of McCarthy Era

March 7, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

The joint committees of Flagler Palm Coast High School and Matanzas High School meeting this afternoon at Matanzas. (© FlaglerLive)

A joint high school committee’s decision today to retain Malida Lo’s “Last Night at the Telegraph Club” was the sixth book in a row in about as many weeks that survived a challenge either on MHS or joint MHS-FPC school-level committees, or at the district-level appeals committee.

District Appeals Committee Votes Unanimously to Keep Sold on High School and Middle School Shelves

March 6, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The 11-member appeals committee meeting this evening. (© FlaglerLive)

An 11-member district-wide appeals committee this evening voted to uphold two school-based committees’ decisions to keep “Sold,” the fictional story of a 13-year-old girl trafficked into sexual slavery, on the library shelves at high and middle schools.

Challenged in Flagler Schools: McCormick’s Sold, a Review and a Recommendation

March 6, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Patricia McCormick's "Sold" challenged for banning in Florida

Patricia McCormick’s “Sold,” about the experiences of a 13-year-old girl sold into sexual slavery, is among the 22 books that a trio of “moms for liberty” have sought to ban from high school library shelves. A school committee voted to keep the book. The banners appealed the decision to a district committee, which meets on March 6. The following review is presented as a guide.

Judge Orders Mental Evaluation for Matanzas Student Who Assaulted Aide

March 5, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Circuit Judge Terence Perkins. (© FlaglerLive)

A judge has ordered a mental evaluation of 17-year-old Brendan Depa, the Matanzas High School student accused of attacking his paraprofessional. Court documents related to the order for the first time confirm that Depa has been treated for mental illness and is on various medication for psychological issues.

Matanzas Assault Case: A Miscarriage of Justice Hardens Before Our Eyes

March 2, 2023 | Pierre Tristam | 121 Comments

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The public reaction to 17-year-old Brendan Depa’s assault of Joan Naydich at Matanzas High School is mostly compassionate and balanced. The more strident reaction among elected officials–the State Attorney, school board members–is not not. Elected officials are not only exploiting the situation. They’re exploiting Depa. They want blood.

Parents Paying Steep Extended Day Fees Are Subsidizing the Belle Terre Swim Club

March 2, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Belle Terre Swim and Racquet Club is less and less visible. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County School Board is facing a deficit this year of $180,000 at the Belle Terre Swim and Racquet Club. The board continues to agonize over ways to keep the facility or redefine its uses without continuing the deficits, which are being subsidized out of the district’s extended day program–a costly program to working parents.

Teaching Heroic Musician Graham Jackson’s Story in Florida Could Now Be Illegal

March 1, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Florida’s “anti-woke” legislation and the state’s recent rejection of the AP African American studies curriculum are well-known examples of a disturbing trend that attempts to criminalize exploring the stories of Black people such as Graham Jackson.

Daytona State and Bethune Cookman Sign Agreement Supporting Criminal Justice Students

March 1, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Daytona State College President Dr. Tom LoBasso and Bethune-Cookman University Interim President Dr. Lawrence Drake sign an articulation agreement supporting students pursuing careers in criminal justice. (DSC)

The agreement, which is effective immediately, provides support for Daytona State students who have earned an Associate of Arts degree or an Associate of Science degree in Criminal Justice who intend to transfer to Bethune-Cookman University to pursue a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice.

DeSantis’s New College Board Targets Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for Elimination

March 1, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Especially if you're white. (Facebook)

The New College of Florida board, newly stocked with Gov. Ron DeSantis’s appointees, directed Interim President Richard Corcoran to eliminate the Office of Outreach and Inclusive Excellence, as members slammed DEI initiatives.

Against Policy, Flagler’s Book-Challenge Appeal Panels Dim Faculty and District Vote to Minority Status

February 28, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Assistant Superintendent Lashakia Moore at a Feb. 6 community meeting where most of the non-district employees looking to be appointed to book-review committees heard an orientation. The committee members were culled from that group. The first such appeals committee meets on March 6. (© FlaglerLive)

A Flagler County school district-level committee will meet for the first time on Monday to take up the appeal of a decision not to ban the novel “Sold” from school library shelves. The make-up of the committee is not in line with school board policy, giving parents and community members a lopsided presence at the expense of district staff and faculty.

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