Past stories on the school district investigation
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Interim employee hires, HOB change orders on School Board agenda

Key West Citizen - Monday, April 8, 2013
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The Monroe County School Board is likely to approve the hiring of two interim employees, as well as a number of change orders related to the construction of Horace O'Bryant School, when it meets...

Pick was blamed for $3.4M deficit

Key West Citizen - Friday, April 5, 2013
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James G. Drake, whom Superintendent of Schools Mark Porter has tapped for the district's interim director of finance and planning, was blamed for a $3.4 million budget deficit as assistant...

State audit of schools analyzed

Key West Citizen - Saturday, March 9, 2013
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What a mess. That's the unofficial verdict of Nancy S. Beckwith, a retired commercial and government banker, on the Florida Auditor General's recently released preliminary 2012 audit of the Monroe...

3 top schools aides gone

Key West Citizen - Saturday, March 2, 2013
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Three members of the School District's executive team won't return after this school year ends in June, according to an email Superintendent Mark Porter to School Board members Friday. Porter would...

School hotline may go away

Key West Citizen - Friday, February 15, 2013
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In the ongoing debate over the School District's whistle-blower hotline, the hotline itself may become the latest casualty. At Tuesday's School Board workshop, taking place in Marathon on the same...

Crime and punishment: murder trials, fraud convictions

Key West Citizen - Saturday, December 29, 2012
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The year will close on Tuesday and it can't come fast enough for some Keys residents who foiled the clichéd image of the Keys as a crime- and violent-free paradise. This year saw arrests...

Schools 2012: Year of changes, new leaders

Key West Citizen - Friday, December 28, 2012

Florida Keys schools spent much of 2012 evolving as major changes in leadership reshaped the School District. For the first time in history, voters relinquished their right to select a...

Gentile may appeal ruling

Key West Citizen - Thursday, October 25, 2012
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School District administrator Ken Gentile used the Certified Public Accountant label in violation of Florida law but didn't know about the legal requirement, according to a report issued by attorney...

School official suspended for CPA claim

Key West Citizen - Wednesday, October 24, 2012
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Ken Gentile, the School District administrator whose 2010 resume claim that he was a Certified Public Accountant caused a rumpus earlier this year when it came to light that his license hadn't been active in years, deserves a five-day suspension without pay, Superintendent Mark Porter said Tuesday.

Kohl v. Vogel: Colleagues now opponents in race for State Attorney's Office

Key West Citizen - Sunday, September 16, 2012
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The bitter tone that defined the Democratic primary race for Monroe County State Attorney has largely fallen by the wayside as the two remaining candidates and former office colleagues now work to...