- November 21, 2024
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The Flagler County School Board removed the interim tag on Superintendent LaShakia Moore’s title.
Moore was sworn in for the second time in four and a half months at the School Board’s business meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 17, this time as Flagler Schools’ permanent superintendent.
After Flagler County Court Judge Melissa Distler performed the swearing in of Moore in front of her family, the board took a 10-minute break from the meeting while Moore and Board Chair Cheryl Massaro signed her contract.
Moore signed a four-year contract, a year longer than her recent predecessors. She will receive a base salary of $175,000 a year with an annual raise of 3% or the average increase granted the instructional bargaining unit, whichever is less.
She will also receive an annual performance incentive upon her completion of both phases of the Chief Executive Officer Leadership Development Program.
“I want to take a moment to express my deepest gratitude for the opportunity to step into this role as superintendent of Flagler Schools,” Moore said during her closing comments at the business meeting. “I thank you for your trust in me to lead this organization forward. I want to say thank you to our families, to our community members who have reached out to say, ‘We're in this together.’ We're willing to work to ensure that our school district really reflects that which we know it should and that is a good representation of this district. To our faculty and staff, it is an honor to represent and to serve alongside each and every one of you.”
She noted that a lot has happened in the last 46 days, alluding to an African American assembly at Bunnell Elementary School that led to the resignations of the principal and a teacher, the cybertheft of $719,583.20 sent to a fraudulent account, and a brawl at Matanzas High School on Oct. 9 that led to the arrest of 11 students.
“With all that has happened in the last 46 days, it has not discouraged me about serving in this role, but it encouraged me all the more because I know firsthand the great things that happened here in Flagler Schools, and I've said it once and I will continue to say I want to give to this community a school district that they can be proud of," Moore said.
She said she couldn’t release many details about the investigation of the cybercrime.
“We will continue to work with our bank, as well as with our local law enforcement officers and our federal agencies that are supporting (them),” Moore said. “In the meantime, we have put into place many different procedures and changes to ensure that our payment process is secure and that any loopholes we've closed.”
She said that the same week that Flagler Schools was victimized, other Florida school districts were victims of similar cybertheft crimes as well. Moore also commended Matanzas High’s faculty and staff for their handling of the fight.
