“It’s a cult. It’s nowhere near a school": Miami Centner Academy — owned by GOP mega-donors who banned teachers from getting COVID vaccine — is "insane and dangerous," according to parents and staff #BecauseMiami: miamiherald.com/news/local/edu…
Founders David and Leila Centner are anti-maskers who cover the school's windows "to ward off potential radiation from 5G cell towers," make guests wrap their shoes in Saran wrap, and require non-disclosure agreements from employees who quit or parents who withdraw their kids.
While Leila Center demanded her employees disclose if they received the COVID vaccine, she praised Florida Governor Ron DeSantis — who her husband just donated $30,000 to — for banning government, businesses and schools from requiring proof of vaccines "to protect our freedom."
Centner's defunct Instagram was full of debunked COVID conspiracy theories, many flagged for false info, including the "shedding" lie that it's unsafe for vaccinated people to be near kids or unvaccinated women because you can disrupt their menstrual cycle and cause miscarriages.
Centner pressured teachers — some of whom live in housing she and her husband own and rent to them — to join a WhatsApp chat called “Knowledge is Key” where she shared conspiracy theories, told them to not wear masks and vote for Trump because “Biden wants to vaccinate everyone.”

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Miami private for-profit school Centner Academy — owned by GOP mega-donors who charge up to $30,000 in tuition — bars vaccinated teachers from contact with students, citing anti-vax conspiracy theories #BecauseMiami nytimes.com/2021/04/26/us/…
School founder and CEO Leila Centner's Instagram is packed with debunked COVID anti-mask and anti-vax conspiracy theories and right-wing propaganda, many posts flagged for misinformation #BecauseMiami instagram.com/leilacentner/
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THREAD: Georgia — GEORGIA! — just elected a Black pastor and Jewish millennial to flip the U.S. Senate for the Democrats. /1
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