FORT LAUDERDALE – Two returning Broward School Board users together with four new users are established to be sworn in on Tuesday, but one may perhaps not be eligible.
Rodney Velez, who was elected on November 8th, has dodged questions relating to his eligibility to provide because of to a felony conviction, according to the Sun-Sentinel.
In 2020, his voting legal rights ended up restored, but that failed to guarantee other legal rights, like keeping public office environment.
A criticism has been forwarded to the Florida Department of Legislation Enforcement alleging Velez fully commited a felony by swearing in June he was skilled to operate, in accordance to the Sunshine-Sentinel.
If he states he is suitable to hold the board seat and he is not, it would be a 3rd-degree felony.
According to the Sun-Sentinel, they report that their sources claimed Velez is anticipated to demonstrate up but not be sworn in.
The three other newly elected board associates are Allen Zeman, Jeff Holness and Brenda Fam. They will join returning board associates Nora Rupert and Lori Alhadeff who received re-election.
The swearing in arrives a 7 days soon after the board fired Superintendent Dr. Vicki Cartwright.
Now the question is – will the new board reverse that selection?
Cartwright’s deal mandates that she acquire a 60 day detect of termination which implies she will keep on for the following two months. She’s also entitled to severance fork out which will full 20 weeks of her $350,000 salary.
The board in the beginning in Oct to give Cartwright 90 times to resolve considerations they had but then went back on that during a meeting earlier this month and determined to consider a vote to fire her.
The vote to terminate Cartwright arrived right after members reviewed audits that ended up significant of two district vendors. It was then that University Board member Daniel Foganholi made the surprise movement.
The vote was split concerning the five users appointed by Governor Ron DeSantis Foganholi, Ryan Reiter, Kevin Tynan, Manuel “Nandy” Serrano, and Torey Alston, and the 4 elected associates Lori Alhadeff, Debbi Hixon, Sarah Leonardi and Nora Rupert who voted against it.
4 of the board customers have been appointed by DeSantis soon after a grand jury report identified mismanagement and probable corruption. The fifth member, Foganholi, was appointed by DeSantis to fill the seat vacated by Dr. Rosalind Osgood who is now a point out senator.
