All this over 9 effing days early
And for what?

“This is extortion by the Department of Education, there’s no two ways about it,” Board member Patricia Good said at the emergency meeting Thursday.

The Broward vote is the latest chapter in a saga that has pitted local school leaders in Florida against the state. As counties and schools in areas hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic made plans to start the school year with the safety of teachers and students in mind, Corcoran and DeSantis pre-empted those plans with a demand that campuses reopen to students — or risk losing state cash.

They spend the whole summer aiming for a target date and the governor pulls the rug out at the last minute for no good operational reason.