Palm Beach County School Board member talks Chief Kitzerow

Palm Beach County School Board member talks Chief Kitzerow

Your reaction and the schoto chief frank Pizzaro subof resignation.

So I justafternoon through a text mof staff's office and I waabsolutely adore chief kidhe has done so much for ouremember.

He came on fairlStoneman Douglas and so thtime for our system.

Um ana great job in this positito see him leave, but I dohis 40 years in the systempolice chief for many diffand um I really, you know,him being interested in reSo you know, I'm happy forthis a huge loss for the da very big loss for the diskilled, well respected, hour system around mental hsecurity, keeping our kidsum, you know, principal adthat he can understand whaare going through and whatof security and safety hasUm, I think we are reallyas a system and I'm very pthat he's done.

So I thinkloss for the system, but iknow, he's really left usSo hopefully the next perswe'll be able to pick up rup and how will that work?on until there's some typebefore someone else is namYeah.

So it's still reallyreally know the answer todo the transition.

I knowupper level staff are worknow to figure out exactlythe transition is going tohe's going to give us a fetwo to either find an inteout there where we start lnew.

We've also heard fromPolice Benevolent Associatsome morale issues and a gfiled?

Do you think that tissues if that is to be trof the issue that came up.that would play a role inreally don't think it's itof an issue within the systhink I've never seen ourI've talked to many of thelike working for Chief Pithas been very strong, probI don't think that that isUm but I do understand thaas possible.

And what is telaborate on it?

I haven'tmuch just yet, but what isthink we're still in legalright now, so I don't thinit, but you are right.

Itan issue with a grievance.was a lawsuit out there abthink we can go into detaiit closes, you guys all knUm So it sounds like you rand other board members umthis coming.

It sounds likOh, complete shock.

I um Iinto a building and so I was we went along and as II just was you know, prettbecause I really do adoreOne of the reasons I wantetoday is because I have suman.

I think he's um justAnd so when I saw he was lyou know, just to be a percould tell the community,person he is and how luckyhave him.

Um I think one oreally interesting about sit's going on, it's just wand failures that you notithat we've had very littlelast three years that he'sis a testament to what a gVery good.

Anything else Ithat you want to add, youpeople should know.

Um mmgood.

I really, I'm just,system and how well we'veto Stoneman Douglas and saand as you know, I have asystem.

So through this whvery proud of the work thasafe sending my daughter tbeen a lot of pivoting overesponse to Covid and youthose procedures.

So I thidone in that work has beenI just, I'm so grateful fo