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First Lady Michelle Obama's Summer Appearance at a School Sends GOP Partisans Over the Cliff | K-12 News Network

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First Lady Michelle Obama’s Summer Appearance at a School Sends GOP Partisans Over the Cliff

Today, First Lady Michelle Obama appeared at a Get-Out-the-Vote and voter registration event that happens to take place at a Miami-area high school — and it’s sent some GOP partisans into high dudgeon.
Mind you, it’s summer. The school facilities are empty. The campaign is paying for the use of the space, not the school distrct. And, as the Miami Herald and the International Business Times have pointed out,
School board attorney Walter Harvey told the Herald that board policy states that any group, including political ones, can apply to lease facilities from the county’s public schools.
Both presidential campaigns frequently use public schools for campaign events. Republican