Over the weekend, the Florida Sun-Sentinel revealed that a “diversion” program designed to reduce the number of arrests and violent offenses in Broward County public schools — but which may have forced administrators to ignore warnings about a mass shooter — is fraught with even more trouble than originally suspected, leaving Broward County students in serious danger.
The program, called “Promise,” was designed to lower the number of students who ended up either facing serious legal consequences for offenses committed in school by rerouting problem kids into alternative education programs. But the Obama-era program, implemented in more than just Broward County schools, also scaled back punishments problem students could receive, leaving schools powerless to enforce the rules against repeat offenders.
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