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More egg on the face of Broward officials.
"Nikolas Cruz, who murdered 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, took part in a controversial Broward discipline program despite reassurances that he had “no connection” to it.
The PROMISE program allows students to attend an alternative school “to avoid getting involved with the criminal justice system” if they “commit certain misdemeanors.” The program has a list of 13 misdemeanors that qualify.
"From WJCT:
Two sources with knowledge of Cruz’s discipline records told WLRN he was referred to the so-called PROMISE Program for a three-day stint after committing vandalism at Westglades Middle School in 2013.When asked for a response, a spokeswoman for Superintendent Robert Runcie stated on Friday that district administrators were aggressively analyzing Cruz’s records. Then Tracy Clark said on Sunday afternoon the district had “confirmed” Cruz’s referral to PROMISE after he vandalized a bathroom at the middle school on Nov. 25, 2013.However, it’s unclear if Cruz ever attended the program.
"Cruz attended the “Pine Ridge Education center in Fort Lauderdale – an alternative school facility where PROMISE is housed – for an intake interview the day after the vandalism incident. Clark said it looks like Cruz did not complete “the recommended three-day assignment/placement” and refused to “speculate” why.
"One of the injured survivors of the shooting “is planning a lawsuit that will argue the program led school leaders to demonstrate a lax attitude toward discipline.”
"The superintendent and officials keep defending the program:" . . .
(All emphases in the original.)
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