It is critical that K-12 leaders do all they can to celebrate the success their teachers and students have had with online and digital tools, FETC featured speaker Ann McMullan says.
"If we are identifying students who are eligible, we need to make sure that they have access to this program. Otherwise, we are intentionally underserving gifted students we're punishing the kids for not having transportation. Absolutely ridiculous."
Some are pushing back against a recent decision by Florida's Board of Education to expand the reach of its transfer voucher program to encompass students subjected to mask bullying.
In districts where masks remain optional, administrators say they will stress kindness and respect for personal choices. Meanwhile, more states and districts are mandating masks.
DA Leadership Institute member Rick Surrency faces one challenge that many of his fellow superintendents don't: running for re-election every four years.
