Broward County School District Got Caught In A MAJOR Lie About The Parkland School Shooter

It seems that the more we learn about the Parkland shooting, the more frustrated I get with the entire situation.

So many people had warning signs about this kid.

The FBI received SO many calls… and did nothing.

Deputies stood outside as he murdered 17 innocent people.

And the school? Well… it looks like they had plenty of reasons to expel him… but they never did.

Why? Because he was part of some program named “Promise” …which basically just promises not to let juvenile delinquents face legal consequences for their actions.

Of course, the school had promised he wasn’t a part of “Promise” and that the program had absolutely nothing to do with him.

Soooo there’s that.

According to this:

The Parkland school shooter was reportedly assigned to a controversial disciplinary program contrary to previous denials by the Broward school district.

Again… school officials had already said this was NOT the case.

Looks like they lied to us…

Nikolas Cruz, who opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February killing 17 people, was referred to the “PROMISE Program” for three days following an act of vandalism at Westglades Middle School in 2013, WLRN reported.

Broward school district officials admitted the fact on Sunday even though the school superintendent had said Cruz had “no connection” to the program, which allows students found guilty of certain misdemeanors to attend an alternative school to receive counseling while avoiding the criminal justice system.

District administrators were “aggressively analyzing Cruz’s records,” WLRN reported that Tracy Clark, a spokeswoman for Superintendent Robert Runcie, stated on Friday. On Sunday, the district had “confirmed” Cruz’s referral to PROMISE.

So the Superintendent straight up lied?

Cruz apparently was at Pine Ridge Education Center in Fort Lauderdale the day after he vandalized the middle school bathroom on Nov. 25, 2013, according to Clark, but he did not attend the program.

Uhhh… so he never showed up? What exactly happened here?

“It does not appear that Cruz completed the recommended three-day assignment/placement,” Clark said, adding she did not want to “speculate” as to why.

The Broward Sheriff’s Office also said Cruz didn’t attend PROMISE.

“The school board reports that there was no PROMISE program participation,” BSO representative Jack Dale said.

Ooooooh. I see what they’re doing here.

He never ATTENDED… but that doesn’t mean he wasn’t SUPPOSED to attend.

According to WLRN:

PROMISE has come under scrutiny after 17 people died in the Feb. 14 shooting at Stoneman Douglas, in part because one of the injured survivors is planning a lawsuit that will argue the program led school leaders to demonstrate a lax attitude toward discipline.

Runcie and school board members remain steadfastly committed to PROMISE, which was designed to limit the “school-to-prison pipeline” at a time when more kids were getting arrested in Broward schools than any other district in the state. The administrators have worked to combat what they argue is a politically motivated attack based on “misinformation” and “fake news.”

However, a Stoneman Douglas freshman who suffered massive injuries while saving many of his peers is now suing the school, and targeting the Promise program.

Anthony Borges, is credited with saving up to 20 people while getting shot trying to shield others. After his release from the hospital last month, he and his family announced lawsuits against the Broward school district and others who they believe were negligent in preventing the shooting.

“You failed us students, teachers and parents alike on so many levels,” Borges said at a [press conference. “I want to ask you today to please end your policy and agreement that you will not arrest people committing crimes in our schools.”

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio also targeted the program.

One big problem with this article today in @NYTimes the #Parkland killer was never in the “Promise” program this article touts as “model” to address racial disparity. That’s point of my inquiries, not clear where killer was in the school discipline system. https://t.co/XyEu83Ab4D

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) March 13, 2018

The more we learn, the more it appears the problem is not the program or the DOE guidance itself, but the way it is being applied. It may have created a culture discourages referral to law enforcement even in egregious cases like the #Parkland shooter.

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) March 13, 2018

#Parkland shooter never expelled, his “outbursts & penchant for weapons were well-known” & “Several students have confirmed they reported his stalking & violent threats to school staff, but it was never enough to get him arrested.”https://t.co/axThaOa9JS https://t.co/JWLw2BWuPM

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) March 13, 2018

Runcie, on the other hand, argued that students committing serious crimes are dealt with accordingly.

“The narrative out there that we have lawlessness going on in our schools … is absolutely not true,” Runcie said, according to WLRN.

“There is no intent to get rid of the PROMISE program,” School Board Member Rosalind Osgood said at a meeting last month.

What a freaking MESS.