OWLS HEAD – Based on the recommendation of a 7-member hiring committee of area firefighters, the Owls Head Select Board voted August 21, 2023 to appoint Steven “Skip” Hallett as the next Chief of the Owls Head Fire Department, effective immediately.
(Amy Beth Bennett /South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)
It has been a few years but you may remember Robert Runcie. He’s the superintended of Broward County schools who became a progressive star during the Obama administration for his work implementing a new program intended to prevent bad behavior in schools from landing students in trouble with law enforcement. It was called the PROMISE program for Preventing Recidivism through Opportunities, Mentoring, Interventions, Supports & Education.
In the wake of the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school a lot of people wanted to know why Nikolas Cruz wasn’t taken out of school permanently or even referred to police despite dozens of instances of bad behavior. Superintendent Runcie claimed at the time that Cruz had never been involved with PROMISE. But eventually we learned that was a lie. Cruz had been referred to the program in junior high, though it’s not clear that he ever actually showed up or did anything that