The Sun-Sentinel editorial (“A Breach of Trust Imperils Broward Schools,” Dec. 28) was spot-on.
How long will the Broward County School Board wait until a really devastating financial (or otherwise) blunder occurs?
The board relies too heavily on its staff when making serious decisions and spending our hard-earned tax dollars. While it is necessary for staff to handle day-to-day administrative tasks, the buck stops with the superintendent and eventually the board (of nine elected officials).
The board must rely on competent staff and must trust their judgment, which lately has caused disastrous results and decisions.
It may be time to clean or tidy up the house, and perhaps President Ronald Reagan’s old adage of “Trust but verify” is apropos in these circumstances. I urge Broward voters during the next election cycle to elect school board candidates who possess financial, legal, and business literacy capable of managing a $5.4 billion business whose sole purpose is to educate our children.
Howard A. Tescher, Fort Lauderdale
Warming hearts everywhere
I never tire of reading the holiday editorial, “Yes, Virginia.”
This favorite of mine is guaranteed to warm your heart and get you in the Christmas spirit. Each time I read the 1897 letter to the editor to the New York Sun from a precocious 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon asking if there really is a Santa Claus, along with editorial writer Francis P. Church’s wise reply, I read it with relish.
Even though the editorial is 128 years old, the words are fresh and crisp, as though they had just been written and I was reading it for the first time. May this delightful piece of literature be passed down from generation to generation and enjoyed each year on Christmas.
Long live “Yes, Virginia.” And let us all keep on believing.
JoAnn Lee Frank, Clearwater
Praise for the bishops
How heartening that Florida’s Catholic bishops are seeking a halt to ICE deportations during the Christmas season.
Even though Christmas is not part of my religious tradition or observance, I have always thought the message of peace and goodwill to all offers an especially welcome light at a dark time of year.
And in a year when the current administration has been hard-hearted to far too many, I appreciate the moral stand the bishops are taking.
Merri Rosenberg, Boca Raton
DeSantis and the arts
As one of the many performers in Andrea Bocelli’s Dec. 21 performance at Kaseya Center in Miami, I would like to thank Gov. Ron DeSantis for attending and staying for the whole performance.
I was just wondering: If the governor has such a high opinion of the arts in Florida, why doesn’t he then restore all the money he vetoed and took away from the arts and arts education? He has to realize that without the arts in children’s lives, education is only halfway accomplished.
His war on public education has gone on for too long, and I’m afraid that if another Republican Trump crony is elected, we will see the demise of the public education system as we know it.
Seth Wexler, Plantation
