Orange County School board candidate Alicia Farrant holds a press conference at Lake Eola Park in downtown Orlando, on Sept. 8, 2022. - Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel/TNS
A new office in the Florida Department of Education aims to “facilitate partnerships with district leaders,” but the director’s first months of work show interest in meeting mostly with conservative school board members, records show, including Moms for Liberty members and those endorsed by Gov. Ron DeSantis. “We would be happy to meet with the Conservative Coalition of School Board Members as a group to explore ways that our efforts may align,” wrote Terry Stoops, the new director, to a Volusia County School Board member on April 23. “If you hold regular meetings and would like us to particip...
