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On the recordAugust 13, 2020
Martin County Superintendent Laurie Gaylord told me today that she viewed reopening her schools as a mission akin to a Navy SEAL operation. Just as the SEALs surmounted obstacles to bring Osama bin Laden to justice, so too with the Martin County school system find a way to provide parents with a meaningful choice of in-person instruction or continue distance learning.
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Ron DeSantis
Republican · Florida
Source
msnbc.com

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DeSantis compares reopening schools to a Navy SEAL operation, emphasizing the importance of in-person instruction.

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