It sure seems that lying and denying what is going on in the public school system has been going on for quite awhile and not just in Florida. Years ago in doing research on different colleges to send my kids to, I ran across several reports (verified by police reports) stating that colleges are not reporting crimes (including rapes) in order to boost their safety ratings making their appeal greater.
Only when a school experiences a mass shooting is their any kind of investigation into the probable lack of accountability and responsibility on behalf of the school system.
We are entrusting our teachers, principles, and the board of education, etc., with our children, they definitely should be scrutinized and monitored. The sec'y of education needs to implement some checks and balances. After all our tax dollars are paying their salaries!