Florida Board of Education member advocates for arming college students

Florida Board of Education member advocates for arming college students

Students and professors should carry guns as a way to defend against campus shootings, a former Broward County School Board member and current state Board of Education member wrote in a new essay. The opinion piece by Daniel Foganholi, a frequent appointee of Gov. Ron DeSantis for education-related boards, was published Wednesday by Spectator World, a conservative publication. It’s titled, “Let students and professors carry guns to class. We owe…

Florida Board of Education Member Wants Students Carrying Guns

Following the deadly shooting at FSU, Florida Board of Education Member Daniel Foganholi thinks teachers and students should be carrying guns on campus.

Let students and professors carry guns to class

Last week, I walked across Florida State University’s campus in Tallahassee, watching students laugh, read and relax in the sun. Today, that same lawn is a crime scene – the latest gun-free zone targeted by a coward intent on terrorizing innocent lives. The son of a sheriff’s deputy shot two dead and injured six others in a campus rampage. Last year, Governor Ron DeSantis appointed me to the Florida Board of Education, where I serve the 3 millio…

House passes education bill, Hillsborough's $18M deficit, guns on campuses, DEI deletions, and more - NextSteps: Step Up For Students

Around the state: The House approves an education bill that includes changes in college presidential searches opposed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, Hillsborough school officials blame an $18 million budget deficit largely on declining enrollment and the state Department of Education’s overspending, Orange schools will pay a consultant to lure former public school students back, Palm Beach’s school board ends the district’s DEI policies, and a member of …