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Related: About this forumLegislature dismantles Florida Virtual School board
Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran praised lawmakers decision, calling it a much needed review in light of more than a years questionable management practices that otherwise unchecked could eventually threaten the tremendously valuable educational options that FLVS provides to students.
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The virtual school, the largest online program in the nation, operated on more than $180 million of taxpayer money last year, providing online classes to more than 200,000 students. Founded in 1997, it is run by its own board, operating as its own public school district.
But its leadership has faced a tumultuous year, with its former general counsel, Frank Kruppenbacher, resigning in August after a dozen employees complained about his behavior. The investigation of those complaints led to an audit that detailed questionable spending and approval of contracts outside the schools normal procurement process, among other problems.
An Orlando Sentinel investigation published last month revealed a series of cozy relationships between Kruppenbacher and FLVS board members, all appointed by former Gov. Rick Scott. Those relationships allowed Kruppenbacher to amass authority at the school and make decisions that went unchecked. He paid his now son-in-law to spy on a school executive, for example, and took long trips for his work as chairman of the board that runs Orlando International Airport without taking vacation from his full-time FLVS job.
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/education/os-ne-florida-virtual-school-corcoran-takeover-20190506-story.html
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Legislature dismantles Florida Virtual School board (Original Post)
Baitball Blogger
May 2019
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lpbk2713
(42,777 posts)1. And IIRC ...
The entire Orl Airport Board was fired for corruption and incompetence.
Baitball Blogger
(46,787 posts)2. Do you have a link?
lpbk2713
(42,777 posts)3. There was a general housecleaning.
Baitball Blogger
(46,787 posts)4. Yes, that I knew.
Wonder why DeSantis decided to turn his back on that old Florida Repub Good ole boy campaign money