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Education Matters: A sad but true fact is DCPS can't be trusted

Education Matters: A sad but true fact is DCPS can't be trusted
A sad but true fact is DCPS can't be trusted


2020 was a difficult year, I had COVID fatigue, then got Covid, election fatigue which is sadly ongoing, and the realization my employer doesn't care about me, my colleagues, or my students. Nothing DCPS says can be trusted.

In the last month, the media has reported how DCPS cooking the books about discipline and COVID, or you know two of the last things they should be doing so about. 

From First Coast News,

A new statewide grand jury report studying school safety issues lambasted the Duval County School Police Department for "outright fraud" and underreporting incident and crime numbers to make a better impression.

While the interim report largely focused on Florida's mental-health systems and deficiencies in funding, separately, the report pointed out issues with schools' abilities to differentiate criminal behavior from simple misbehavior. Duval School was used as the key example.

Out of Florida's 67 counties and 74 school districts when alternative and virtual districts are included, Duval County was the only school district singled out. 

"It is also apparent, though, that some incentives to 'decrease the statistics' are perverse," the report said. "Administrators are rewarded with promotion or better jobs in larger districts; school police chiefs tout phony CONTINUE READING: Education Matters: A sad but true fact is DCPS can't be trusted