Education Official Suggests Removing Broward Superintendent Dr. Vickie Cartwright From Job

By CBS Miami Team

September 18, 2022

The chairman of the state's Florida Board of Education has suggested that Broward schools Superintendent Dr. Vickie Cartwright should be fired for issues outlined in a grand jury report, which led to the suspension of four school board members, and for her defense of mask mandates.

In a conference call on Thursday, education board chair Tom Grady asked whether Cartwright should be fired. The comment came after a discussion by the board about how Cartwright defied a COVID mask order that Gov. Ron DeSantis issued last year which called for parents to decide the issue of mask usage and not school districts.

"I'm wondering, particularly in Broward since Superintendent Cartwright has been before this board before in connection with an order to show cause, why the board should not take further action in light of her decision to disregard rules that the board issued and disregard Florida law," said Grady.

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