New Miami-Dade and Broward school board members promise across-the-aisle cooperation
Tuesday was swearing-in day for the Miami-Dade and Broward County school boards.
School board seats are non-partisan in Florida, but everyone knows who’s conservative and who’s liberal based on what issues they emphasize.
In Miami-Dade, the balance of conservatives to liberals stayed the same, five to four, with board members backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis holding the majority.
In Broward, the two board members appointed by DeSantis are gone, and this afternoon, the board unanimously elected a new chair.
Debbi Hixon steps into the leadership role and Sarah Leonardi is the new vice chair. Within minutes of Hixon taking the gavel, there was a dust-up, with board member Brenda Fam objecting to a c...
