The position of media clerk was scrapped, saving the district more than $3.3 million in the face of a budget deficit driven largely by loss in state funding.

A total of 121 schools will continue to have free lunches because schools can still qualify individually for a federal program covering the meals.

The provision was part of HB 757, a package designed to prevent another tragedy such as the campus shootings at FSU in 2025, when two people were killed and more were injured. Most notably, that package arms trained college and university faculty.

In attendance were entrepreneur Te Mayonna Brown; cultural arts leader Marshall L. Davis; Miami-Dade Commissioner Oliver Gilbert; state Sen. Shevrin Jones; attorney and late Congresswoman Carrie Meek’s grandson Kendrick Meek Jr.; former county Commissioner Jean Monestime; physician Rudy Moise; and attorney Roderick Vereen.

The board didn't allocate a specific amount or materials as part of the relief. Rather, members voted to provide support “as needed and as deemed appropriate,” according to the agenda item.

Mack, a former senior chancellor at the Department of Education and most recently the U.S. Assistant Secretary of Labor, was recommended for the position by Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday.

The two finalists to replace Jose Dotres are South Florida locals who already work in public education.

Moms for Liberty Florida has not made any contributions to local school board candidates across Florida.

A district report illuminating the question comes after a wave of national backlash this year from parents and education advocates against the prevalence of "EdTech," or education technology, in classrooms.

The district is currently 100 drivers short, which impacts how many transportation routes are available to students and timeliness for pick up and drop off.