Benjamin J. Williams was a community and church volunteer, and a beloved school principal, in addition to serving 12 years on the Broward County School Board. He died Dec. 9 at 87.
Businessman Allen Zeman had a narrow but comfortable lead Tuesday night over Donna Korn for Broward School Board. Zeman had run on a platform that DeSantis would likely suspend Korn a second time if she won.
The winners will represent a district that has undergone extreme upheaval since Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended and replaced four School Board members three days after the last election.
The Broward County School Board, a majority of whom are DeSantis appointees, elected to reprimand School Superintendent Vickie Cartwright after a 12-hour meeting, despite the Board rating her as effective just two weeks ago.