IT- I agree with most of what you say, however let me clarify a few points. Rick Scott gave the money to the teachers then the legislature said it could also go to other personnel, and that the decision on who gets the money would be made at the district level. What I've seen many other districts did give the money to employees other than teachers, I would like to find a statistic on this. So the Florida government basically passed the decision buck. The school board is not involved in the decision of how this money is distributed. The contract negotiations are between the district office and superintendent and the teachers, represented by their union. The school board will only get involved there's an impasse in the negotiation process. That is how it is set up. Until the superintendent is appointed instead of elected, we will continue to have a two part school system where there is no accountability, and no team effort.
And since we have mentioned the school board, Mark Davis is the only school board member that is not touched by petty and small Walton County Republican politics. (Sorry but that had to be said. Some are more strangled by the local partisan politics and squabbles than others.) Every decision he has made has always been well thought out and looking towards the betterment of this school system for all, not just a few, and not caring about what his political cronies tell him to do. He doesn't have to be on anybody's "team", which leaves him with the mental bandwidth to do what needs to be done, not encumbered by political strings. We need more like him, but God knows where we are going to find them.
