A Republican appointee to the Broward School Board is asking a state inspector general to investigate some of his Democratic colleagues for what he alleges are improper relationships with the Broward Teachers Union.
Torey Alston, whom Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed to the School Board in August 2022, is alleging that some elected board members who supported a recent teacher pay increase disclosed confidential information from closed-door meetings to union members.
In a five-page letter sent March 8 to Mike Blackburn, inspector general for the Florida Department of Education, Alston also alleges that the teachers union pressured board members it’s supporting for reelection this year into agreeing to raises the district couldn’t afford…