Before the new Supervisor of Elections Amy Pennock began her budget presentation to the Board of County Commissioners this month, she laid out a list of issues she said were recently discovered in an internal review.
Seminole County has a new supervisor of elections. News 6 sat down with Amy Pennock after just two weeks on the job to hear her plans for the future.
With incumbent Elections Supervisor Chris Anderson defeated in the August primary election, two new people will run to take his place in November: Republican Amy Pennock, and Democrat Deborah Poulalion.
A Republican primary in Seminole County pits the incumbent supervisor of elections against an outgoing member of the Seminole County School Board.
Following a meeting earlier this week, Seminole County School Board Chairwoman Amy Pennock has filed to pull certain books from district schools for review.
The board met Thursday to discuss what went wrong and what can be improved with their response to the incident.
The Seminole County School Board held a nearly two-hour closed-door session on Friday to discuss school safety and security following a reported increase of fights at Markham Woods Middle School.
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SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – The former Seminole County schools superintendent selection spoke to News 6 about the process and how he hopes the district can move forward following the fallout. Chad Farnsworth, the current Lake County assistant superintendent, sent a strongly worded letter to the school board on Wednesday. In the letter he called the superintendent search process “terribly flawed.”[TRENDING: Will coronavirus ever go away? On March 1, the board selected Serita Beamon, who served as the SCPS school board attorney. When asked if he would like an apology from the school board, Farnsworth said he does not need a “canned apology.”“I’ve never been one for forced apologies.
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SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – After hours of heated public comment, in yet another split decision, the Seminole County Board voted 3-2 to select newly-resigned school board attorney Serita Beamon as the district’s next superintendent Monday night. “This is incredibly uncomfortable and awkward having to take a deeper dive into hiring decisions while balancing transparency,” School Board Vice Chair Amy Pennock said. A month earlier, board members voted 3-2 to select Lake County Assistant Superintendent Chad Farnsworth as the next superintendent. Despite Beamon’s lack of administration experience, other speakers praised her time as the school board attorney. Since the vote Monday night, 67 people have posted on the Seminole County School District’s Facebook page, most of them blasting the school board for its flip-flop.
