Jenny Clark

SuptMMaine Verified account @SuptMMaine · 6d

I'm a public school superintendent in Florida. And I believe in school choice.
Some people find that surprising.

They shouldn't.

I believe in free markets and I believe competition makes everyone better.

Florida has given parents real power to choose where their children learn. Charter schools, private schools, virtual options, scholarships that follow the child.

I don't see that as a threat to public education. I see it as the push public education needed.

When a business knows its customers can leave, it gets better. It listens. It innovates. It earns loyalty instead of assuming it.

Our customers are students and parents. And in my district, we compete for them every day.

That means:

→ Building programs families can't find anywhere else
→ Responding to parents like their time and trust matter
→ Measuring ourselves by whether families choose to stay
→ Never treating an enrollment as something we're owed

Competition doesn't weaken public schools. Complacency does.

The question isn't whether families should have a choice. They should, and in Florida, they do.

The question is whether we'll give them a reason to choose us.

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Erika Donalds Verified account @ErikaDonalds · Nov 4

First and foremost, thank You, God. This victory belongs to Him. For all these years, He has led our family on this journey, and He has been faithful to every promise. We are humbled by the opportunity to glorify Him in this new chapter.

To our campaign team, the very best in the country: thank you. You ran a true grassroots campaign and proved that our party wins when we get back to the basics of talking directly to the people.

And to the people of Florida: thank you for trusting us. We will do what we said we would do, and we will keep Florida the best state in the country.

I love this state and all it has given my family. Together we will secure the Florida Dream for every man, woman and child, for my children and for every generation after us.

Last night was so emotional, and today I'm overflowing with gratitude. With all humility, we take on what we've been entrusted with for the next four years.

Whether you voted for Byron or not, we are here to serve you, to make your life better, and to make you proud to call Florida home.

I love you and I’m so proud of you, @ByronDonalds.

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Erick Erickson Verified account @EWErickson · Oct 30

My son will graduate from a classical Christian education school this year before college. At the end of this year, he'll have to stand up before the faculty and argue his senior thesis, which will be centered around the argument that the further art and architecture have secularized in post modernism, the less objectively uplifting they are, based in part on arguments from Thomas Aquinas. He'll have to not only make his case, but will have to defend his arguments from a faculty that will argue back. His older sister went through the same and is now one of the few kids in her college class who can hold her own in class in debates with professors and has been offered more unique internship opportunities than her peers as a result. Classical education schools are where the future employers of America will come from as more and more public schools teach kids they are victims and indoctrinate instead of educate. cc: @JeremyTate41

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