Broward Teachers Union accuses school board of due process violations in employee’s firing, plans to sue board chair

A Broward Schools employee was fired, and now the county s teachers union claims school district officials did not follow proper protocol. Members of the Broward Teachers Union spoke at a news conference held Wednesday. They called out the actions of Broward County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Howard Hepburn, Broward County School Board Chair Sarah Leonardi and various other school board members, claiming severe injustice. The union made the claims in response to Tuesday s school board meeting, during which Broward Teachers Union President Anna Fusco said the school board not only violated the due process rights of an employee who was let go, but the due process rights of the union as well. According to Fusco, the union was not given the time to speak during Tuesday s meeting. Fusco said she was kicked out of the public meeting and claimed that she was not being disruptive. That employee who was let go had been investigated by an outside agency, but Fusco said they