A3 + PLUS >> Tag that lapsed on 4/20 led to pot bust, Story below CHS FOOTBALL CHS TENNIS Offers just keep Tiger makes coming for Smith it to state See Page 1B See Page 1B THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2019 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $1.00 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM MONSTER (TRAFFIC) JAM/2A TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter Super-cool science SCHOOL FUNDING Vouchers raise real concerns: Carswell Conservative local schools chief finds himself in the odd position of agreeing with state Dems. By CARL MCKINNEY
[email protected] Columbia County’s superintendent says he and state Democrats are strange bedfellows joined in opposition to a bill heading to the governor’s desk that would expand Florida’s school voucher program. Republicans argue the “Family Empowerment Scholarship Program” created by the bill will benefit working-class families who are unhappy with their local public schools. But Superintendent Lex COURTESY Carswell, echoing criticisms from “Cool” being the operative word. The liquid nitrogen that is generating this condensation registers -320 Carswell Democrats, said the move could degrees Fahrenheit, though it can’t hurt Pinemount Elementary paraprofessional Allison Ward in its current undermine public education in form. Ward volunteered for a show put on at the school earlier this month by Steve Wilson (pictured), founder Florida, threatening an institution he has called the of “Super Cool Science.” Wilson, of Chiefland, has been traveling the country staging science shows at elemen- backbone of society. tary schools for 22 years now, he says. He put on three shows at Pinemount. Wilson described the liquid nitro- “The Family Empowerment Scholarship could gen seen above as “air in liquid form,” as 78% of the atmosphere consists of the stuff.