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DeSantis appointees replace elected school board members

New Broward County School Board member Torry Alston, right, is sworn in by former Deputy Superintendent and former Blanche Ely High School Principal Erlean Similey at school district headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. A grand jury report led to the suspension of four of the board members by Gov. Ron DeSantis who appointed the replacements. (Joe Cavaretta New Broward County School Board member, Manuel Serrano speaks as Superintendent Vickie Cartwright looks on, after a swearing-in ceremony at school district headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, after a swearing-in ceremony. A grand jury report led to the suspension of four of the board members by Gov. Ron DeSantis who appointed the replacements. (Joe Cavaretta The four new Broward County School Board members, Kevin Tynan, left, Ryan Reiter, second from left, Torrey Alston, and Manuel Serrano, right, are seen at school district headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, after a swearing-in ceremony. A grand jury report led to the suspension of four of the board members by Gov. Ron DeSantis who appointed the replacements. (Joe Cavaretta New Broward County School Board member, Torrey Alston speaks as Superintendent Vickie Cartwright looks on, after a swearing-in ceremony at school district headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, after a swearing-in ceremony. A grand jury report led to the suspension of four of the board members by Gov. Ron DeSantis who appointed the replacements. (Joe Cavaretta New Broward County School Board member Ryan Reiter, right, is congratulated by Fla., State Rep. Chip LaMarca, left, at school district headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. A grand jury report led to the suspension of four of the board members by Gov. Ron DeSantis who appointed the replacements. (Joe Cavaretta The photo board which depicts the Broward County School Board is seen at school district headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. A grand jury report led to the suspension of four of the board members by Gov. Ron DeSantis. (Joe Cavaretta Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz is escorted from the courtroom during the penalty phase of Cruz's trial at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. Cruz previously plead guilty to all 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the 2018 shootings. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool)