6. >> THE SEARCH FOR BROWARD’S NEW SUPERINTENDENT IS BECOMING MER
CLEAR WITH NOW EIGHT RECOMMENDED
CANDIDATES FOR THE BOARD TO DR.
>> INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT VICI
CART WRIGHT IS ONE OF THEM AND
THE PRESIDENT OF BROWARD’S
TEACHERS UNION HAS PUBLICLY
PLEDGED TO SUPPORT
DR. CARTWRIGHT, BT-- PRESIDENT
ANNA IS HERE LIVE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> IN YOUR LETTER PREJING
SUPPORT FOR DR. CARTWRIGHT, YOU
WROTE DR. CARTWRIGHT IS THE
LEADER WE NEED TO OF MO OUR
SCHOOL DISTRICT FORWARD DURING
THESE PERILOUS AND UNCERTAIN
TIMES.
WHY DO YOU THINK SHE’S THE ONE?
>> WELL, LIKE I SAID A FEW
MONTHS AGO WHEN IT WAS PRESENTED
TO IT THE BOARD, BY-- THERE IS
MANY THINGS THAT DR. CARTWRIGHT
HAS PUT FORWARD IN SUCH A
CONTENTIOUS PIECE HERE IN
BROWARD COUNTY.
YOU KNOW, GOING HEAD ON WITH THE
GOVERNOR WITH THE RIDICULOUS
MASK MANDATE, STANDING BEFORE
THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,
STANDING BEFORE A VERY STRONG
MSD COMMISSION AND YOU KNOW,
EVERY SINGLE TIME THAT SHE’S
COME FORWARD, YOU KNOW, SHE’S
BROUGHT SOLUTIONS.
AND SHE HAS LEFT WITH THE
RESPECT OF, YOU KNOW, EVERY
GROUP SHE HAS SPOKEN IN FRONT
MUCH US SHE IS, WITHOUTING
AROUND THIS DISTRICT, AROUND THE
CLOCK.
SHE IS PUTTING IN THE WORK.
SHE WHAT HAS GOT THE
QUALIFICATIONS SO WE HAVE
SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN AROUND, WHO
IS DOING IT, AND YOU KNOW, I
KNOW THERE ARE OTHER CANDIDATES.
AND THEY MAY LOOK GREAT ON, YOU
KNOW, THEIR APPLICATIONS IN
THEIR PAPER BUT THEY MIGHT NOT
BE ABLE TO COME IN AND JUST DO
IT, AND THEN HERE WE GO AGAIN,
STARTING, YOU KNOW, RIGHT FROM
GROUND ZERO, GETTING A NEW
SUPERINTENDENT OUT.
WORKING WITH OUR UPPER DISBE
TRICT MANAGEMENT, TRYING TO
THRERN THE PIECES OF IT.
WE ARE THE SIXTH LARGEST SCHOOL
DISTRICT IN THE COUNTRY.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT IS SO
INTERESTING THOUGH, IS THAT WHEN
VIKI CARTWRIGHT WAS BROUGHT IN
AFTER ROBERT RUNCIE’S LEGAL
TROUBLES, HIS RESIGNATION, TO BE
THE INTERIM, THERE WAS A
STIPLATION THAT SHE WOULD NOT BE
CONSIDERED TO BE A PERMANENT
REPLACEMENT UNTIL THAT CONTRACT
WAS CHANGED IN OCTOBER.
DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO DO
WITH THAT?
BECAUSE THIS IS A SUPERINTENDENT
THAT YOU-- HOW DID THOSE
POLITICS GO?
>> I THINK THE POLITICS WHEN
THEY WERE TRYING TO CREATE THOSE
STIPLATIONS, I THINK UPPER
MANAGEMENT HAD A LOT OF SAY IN
IT.
BROWARD TEACHER’S UNION AND THE
EDUCATORS AND ALL 27,000
EMPLOYEES, THEY WANT A LEADER
THAT WILL COME IN AND SEE WHAT
NEEDS TO BE DONE AND ACTUALLY
GET IT DONE.
I HEARD OUR-- THE PREVIOUS
SPEAKER SPEAK AND DEALING WITH
POLITICS AND SO FORTH.
WE CAN’T HAVE ALWAYS SOME OF
THAT WHO WANTS TO DANCE, DANCE
OR GET OUTLINING THE PARTICULAR
SUPERINTENDENT YOU MENTIONED IN
DADE COUNTY WHO WAS DOING
STELLAR JOB.
WE WANT A SUPERINTENDENT WHICH
ALL OF THE BARGAINING UNITS GAVE
IN THEIR CONVERSATIONS TO THE
GROUP, THE SEARCH GROUP, SO THEY
HAVE HEARD FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE.
AND VICI FITS THOSE QUALL FIGURE
KAITIONS AND IS WE HOPE SHE
WILL-- WILL BE OUR PERMANENT
PERSON TO TFN DO THE JOB SHE HAS
BEEN DOING THE PAST FEW MONTHS.
>> TO BE UTTERLY CANDID WITH
YOU, AND WE ALWAYS TRY TO BE,
THE BROWARD COUNTY PUBLIC
SCHOOLS HAVE WUFT TEACHERS, AND
MOST OF THE TEACHERS DO A
FABULOUS JOB, KIDS ARE LEARNING.
HOWEVER, ENROLLMENT IS
DECLINING.
STUDENT TESTING SCORES ARE NOT
ALWAYS SO GREAT.
THERE’S A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT
SCHOOL SAFETY.
AND THE BOND CONSTRUCTION
PROGRAM HAS BEEN WAY BEHIND.
I MEAN WHOEVER TAKES OVER THIS
JOB HAS GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
>> WHICH SHE’S BEEN DOING IT.
EVERYTHING YOU HAVE MENTIONED
EXCEPT FOR THE BOND PIECE, EVERY
SINGLE DISTRICT IS FEELING.
BECAUSE OF THE CORONAVIRUS.
AND TO ATTACH ANY DISTRICT WITH
POOR TEST SCORES WHEN KID WITH
WHAT KIDS WENT THROUGH AND
TEACHERS WENT THROUGH AND ALL OF
THE EMPLOYEES OF EVERY DISTRICT
HAS GONE THROUGH, TO PARENTS, TO
SIT HERE AND ATTACH TEST SCORES
IS JUST NOT OKAY.
AND LOW ENROLLMENT IS HAPPENING
ACROSS THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
WHETHER THEY ARE MOVING OUT OF
THE STATE OF FLORIDA OR THEY’RE
DECIDING TO CONTINUE TO DO HOME
SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, NOBODY IS OUT
THERE AND HAS THOSE DRICT DATA
OF WHERE ALL OF THESE KIDS ARE.
BROWARD COUNTY STEPPED UP AND
WENT KNOCKING ON DOORS.
WE TEAMED IT UP WITH THEM TO
FIND OUT WHERE THE MISSING
STUDENTS ARE AND WHAT IS
HAPPENING AND SO FORTH.
SO WE HAVE-- IT IS NOT ALL
BECAUSE YOU JUST CAN’T REACH
EVERYONE, BUT I TELL YOU RIGHT
NOW WHAT A MASK MAJORITY-- THAT
SAY TELL TELL RIGHT THERE.
>> THAT IS A PROBLEM.
ANNA FUSCO, ALWAYS GOOD TO SPEAK
WITH YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE KNOW WILL YOU BE THERE
JANUARY 249, NEXT WEEK WHEN THE
BOARD IS GOING TO MEET AND TAKE
UP THESE FINALISTS FOR THE JOB
OF BROWARD SUPERINTENDENT.