Reporter’s Notebook: Vouchers, Politics, and St. Johns County Schools

Jacksonville Today associate editor Mike Mendenhall talks with reporters Noah Hertz and Megan Mallicoat about a growing clash between St. Johns County’s new superintendent and Florida’s education commissioner over the state’s expanded private school voucher program. They unpack how vouchers are reshaping public school budgets, why the commissioner publicly accused the superintendent of trying to “vote out” pro-voucher lawmakers, and how those state-level policies land in a deeply conservative county that’s also proud of its top-ranked public schools. Read Noah and Megan’s full coverage at jaxtoday.org.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.