Florida Sen. Rick Scott says his grandchildren will start 'distance learning'

[riversedge]

Source: wtsp.com



Several school districts across Florida are delaying the start of the school year because of increasing COVID-19 cases and concern over safety. Credit: AP

Published: 10:20 PM EDT July 21, 2020 Updated: 10:20 PM EDT July 21, 2020


ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Florida Sen. Rick Scott asserted parents need to be given a choice whether their children should return to in-person learning amid the COIVD-19 pandemic.

His grandchildren, Scott said Tuesday, will be "distance learning" in the meantime to ensure their safety.

"You ought to give parents as many choices as possible," said Scott on Fox Business' "Varney and Co." "My daughters are going to be more focused on, you know, distance learning right now to make sure their children are safe.

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The debate over whether children should go back to in-person schooling took a new turn this week when the state's largest teachers union, the Florida Education Associated, sued Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Department of Education following the department's emergency order to reopen physical school classrooms five days a week in August.
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The Florida Department of Education responded to the lawsuit, in part, the FEA "hasn't read nor understands the ... guidance (and) emergency order."
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Scott makes sure he gets the word subsidized and free lunches into his demeaning and snob
comments.

The contrast between the two articles is so stark!








Rick Scott’s grandchildren will be ‘distance learning’ when school starts

https://floridapolitics.com/archives/350852-distance-learning-rick-scott

Some parents might want to send their kids to school for ‘a subsidized meal.’

By A.G. Gancarski

on July 22, 2020

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott wants schools to reopen, but he said his grandchildren won’t be in them.

On Tuesday’s edition of Varney and Co. on the Fox Business Network, the first-term Republican from Naples said, while parents should have “choice,” that choice should include distance learning, in addition to five days in brick-and-mortar buildings.

“My daughters are going to be more focused on distance learning right now to make sure their children are safe,” Scott told Varney. “Other parents are going to want to make sure their kids are in the classroom.”

Scott said parents have their own reasons for sending their kids to school, such as free lunches.

“Some [parents] are going to do it because it’s a way for students to get a subsidized meal, things like that,” Scott said..............................................

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Rick Scott’s grandchildren will be ‘distance learning’ when school starts

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[nattyice]

1. What's good for the goose should be good for the gander

[catsudon]

2. clearly that is what I would do but

i will only let the repukes go to school since they wanted it so bad, and I will home school my kids.

have been working from home since the beginning of the year so i have plenty of time

[NurseJackie]

3. DAMN! He's such a creepy looking man! Those crazy eyes, stretched head, sunken & high cheekbones...

DAMN! He's such a creepy looking man! Those crazy eyes, stretched head, sunken & high cheekbones, the demonic smirk... he's looks like the typical psycho-killer in every true-crime story or movie thriller.

[sop]

4. We call him "Skeletor" here in Florida.

[IronLionZion]

5. And how about everyone else's kids or grandkids?

no one cares about the teachers or other adults who work in schools.

[voteearlyvoteoften]

6. The nanny will comply

With a couple hundred million I’m sure some rubbed of on his grandkids. Meanwhile my teacher daughters are expected back to work on August 4th. And nobody knows wtf is going on!!

[riversedge]

7. "Some [parents] are going to do it because it's a way for students to get a subsidized meal, things

EDIT TO ADD THIS ADD THIS ARTICLE:--INSERTED INTO OP

Scott makes sure he gets the word subsidized and free lunches into his demeaning and snob
comments.

The contrast between the two articles is so stark!








Rick Scott’s grandchildren will be ‘distance learning’ when school starts

https://floridapolitics.com/archives/350852-distance-learning-rick-scott

Some parents might want to send their kids to school for ‘a subsidized meal.’

By A.G. Gancarski

on July 22, 2020

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott wants schools to reopen, but he said his grandchildren won’t be in them.

On Tuesday’s edition of Varney and Co. on the Fox Business Network, the first-term Republican from Naples said, while parents should have “choice,” that choice should include distance learning, in addition to five days in brick-and-mortar buildings.

“My daughters are going to be more focused on distance learning right now to make sure their children are safe,” Scott told Varney. “Other parents are going to want to make sure their kids are in the classroom.”

Scott said parents have their own reasons for sending their kids to school, such as free lunches.

“Some [parents] are going to do it because it’s a way for students to get a subsidized meal, things like that,” Scott said..............................................

[sop]

8. Scott says parents should risk their children's lives "to get a subsidized meal, things like that"

Let that sink in. This is the motherf*cker who voted to cut food stamps.

[usaf-vet]

9. Hey you hypocritical coward send them to public schools like every other family is being told to do.

Why shouldn't they have to roll the dice like every other child?

[groundloop]

10. Don't forget Rick Scott's past - he oversaw a corrupt corporation then departed with MILLIONS

Rick Scott's Columbia/HCA had a scheme where they'd give kickbacks to doctors for referring patients to them and then falsified their records to get over-sized payments from Medicare and Medicaid. When the government began investigating this Scott was forced out by the board of directors, but left with a $5.1 MILLION severance, $300 MILLION in stock, and a guaranteed $950K per year 'consulting' contract for 5 years.

He's a crooked bastard.



https://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/fl-op-col-rick-scott-medicare-fraud-20181002-story.html

[Maribelle]

11. Scott is so out of touch with what is really happening you might call it "Freaking out of touch"

In the Florida county in which I live, parents have to make a decision by July 26th how their children will continue on with school. The district has worked long and hard to develop models which meet the needs of all the parents and children in the district.

Parents have a choice of one out of four models. They can receive a detailed explanation for all the models online or printed out and mailed to them by the district, and can sign up online or through the documentation provided to them by prepaid return mail. And they can change their choices at given time periods.

The four choices are:
=> Face to Face
=> Lee Virtual School
=> Lee Home Connect
=> Home School

Additionally, the district continues to provide all children 18 and younger in the county with two free meals a day including weekend meals, which can be picked up at many designated spots throughout the county.

Pay attention Scott!

[beachbumbob]

12. the elitist want schools to reopen, not that THEIR kids attend public schools but because it effects

the economy and markets if we keep acknowledging COVID is impacting a return to "normal"

[CrispyQ]

13. What a shithole, suggesting that free lunches are the reason people would send their kids to school.

Maybe Mom and/or Dad are essential workers. Or maybe Mom and/or Dad can't afford to stay home or don't have the kind of job that allows one to work from home. Damn, I hate these republican fucks!