Florida Superintendent Arrested on Perjury Charge in School Safety Inquiry
The superintendent of Broward County Public Schools, Robert W. Runcie, was arrested as part of a criminal investigation following the Parkland school shooting in 2018.
Robert W. Runcie, the superintendent of Broward County Public Schools, spoke after the mass shooting at a school in Parkland, Fla., in 2018. Credit...Mark Wilson/Getty Images
April 21, 2021Updated 5:59 p.m. ET
MIAMI — The superintendent of the public school district in Broward County, Fla., was arrested on Wednesday as part of a wide-ranging criminal investigation that began in the tumultuous months after the mass shooting at a high school in Parkland.