Rebekah Jones was catapulted into the public eye after saying she was fired for refusing to change COVID-19 data. What followed became a rivalry between a woman who never wanted the spotlight & state officials who wish she would shut up. For @Cosmopolitan: cosmopolitan.com/politics/a3571…
In our exclusive interview, @GeoRebekah discusses the aftermath she experienced from not only her firing but her subsequent media tours, a police raid, an arrest and ultimately, contracting the very disease she spent months trying to warn everyone about. cosmopolitan.com/politics/a3571…
Since leaving Florida, Jones says her family breathes a little easier. But she knows her story is far from over. It's worth noting that we reached out to Gov. Ron DeSantis' office for comment. In response, his office sent a link to a tweet:
I want to thank my editor @AndreaStanley for putting me through narrative boot camp, along w/ the amazing team at @Cosmopolitan for their support on a story that seemed to change near-daily. A special thanks to @GeoRebekah for trusting us to tell her story cosmopolitan.com/politics/a3571…
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LIVE: The Duval School Board meeting is kicking off and it's a loaded agenda. You can follow along for yourself here: dcps.duvalschools.org/Page/9877
Jones says cost to change all school names would be between $700,000-$1 million. Thanks @JaxPEF for establishing the community fund. More on that: jacksonville.com/news/20200707/…
Ashley Smith-Juarez said she submitted a letter today to the board asking to add 3 more schools to be considered for renaming. The discussion would happen in Aug. Schools Smith-Juarez want considered are Andrew Jackson and Jean Ribault middle and high to reflect district's values
NEW: An award-winning Duval teacher with honors from then-Gov. Rick Scott refused to abide by a transgender teen's pronouns, prompting training + an apology. But he continued posting bigoted memes mocking the LGBTQ community: jacksonville.com/news/20200521/…
The story starts in August, when an incoming trans sophomore at Sandalwood High School emailed her teachers letting them know her chosen name & pronouns. Thomas Caggiano, 61, said no. He called it "non-negotiable." jacksonville.com/news/20200521/…
The incident was reported & investigated. Caggiano remained teaching. The student transferred. Caggiano apologized to the principal but never her. Days later, he wrote "love it!" on a story about protesting trans students using school restrooms jacksonville.com/news/20200521/…
🚨 Remember like one Tweet ago where I commented on all the redactions in the Parkland shooter report? @SunSentinel reported that 64 percent of it was concealed. Well, I take all of that back because I'm reading the complete version now. A THREAD 🚨
Today, a 46-pg report detailing how Broward Schools failed the Parkland school shooter was released, a ruling that it was the public's right. 1,707/1,078 lines were concealed "to comply with the shooter’s educational and medical privacy rights." Except not really.
When parsing through the supplied report, I noticed that the black redactions only physically cover a completely extractable PDF text document. Hidden morsels of the report include details of the shooter's disability, elementary-school life and a suicide assessment in 2016.