Thursday, December 06, 2018
Hide, deny, spin, threaten: How the school district tried to mask failures that led to Parkland shooting
Broward County, Florida seems to have more than a fair share of corrupt behaviors...
This is the beginning of an article on the Sun_Sentinel, Florida newsite:
"Immediately after 17 people were murdered inside , the school district launched a persistent effort to keep people from finding out what went wrong. For months, Broward schools delayed or withheld records, refused to publicly assess the role of employees, spread misinformation and even who published the truth.
New information gathered by the South Florida Sun Sentinel proves that the school district knew far more than it’s saying about a disturbed former student obsessed with death and guns who mowed down staff and students with an assault rifle on Valentine’s Day.
After promising an honest assessment of what led to the shooting, the district instead hired a consultant whose primary goal, according to school records, was preparing a legal defense. Then the district kept most of those findings from the public. The district also spent untold amounts on lawyers to fight the release of records and nearly $200,000 to pay public relations consultants who advised administrators to clam up, the Sun Sentinel found."
