Jefferson County Schools

I will say, you know, there's a prominent figure on the Sarasota education scene, Richard Corcoran, and you share – you actually share – you agree with Richard Corcoran about the importance of third grade reading scores.

Although I think his track record is, and I'll talk about that when it comes to Schools of Hope.

But tell me, let's get to your community involvement.

Can you tell me about your community involvement with the city prep board? We'll start there.

He was Marco Rubio's chief of staff when Marco Rubio was the Speaker of the House in the state legislature.

So this is a man with a lot of government experience.

And when he was Speaker of the House and later became education commissioner in the state of Florida, he He introduced the Schools of Hope program.

And it's always, you know, when people privatize education, when they're taught, they usually begin by talking, we're going to save poor children from negative education outcomes.