“At the Dec. 9 Brevard School Board meeting in Viera, public comments and signs centered on the future of Cape View Elementary in Cape Canaveral.” (Florida Today, 12/10/25)

“At Brevard’s final school board meeting of 2025, parents and community members once again brought forth concerns about the potential closure of Cape View Elementary School, Cape Canaveral’s only public elementary school.” (Florida Today, 12/10/25)

“With a new expansion of a state program allowing certain state-approved charter schools to co-locate in public school spaces, Brevard Public Schools is facing the possibility of having to share classrooms and resources with schools that won’t have to follow district policies. ” (Florida Today, 11/28/2025)

The original livestream video, which has since been redacted to remove Gene Trent’s explicit hatred of transparency: Internet Archive

“The editing of a Brevard Public Schools board meeting to remove board member Gene Trent’s explicit comment against transparency, one made on a hot mic as a public commenter addressed the board about that topic, is likely in violation of the law, according to a First Amendment expert.” (Florida Today, 11/22/25)

“The Brevard County School Board on Tuesday discussed a controversial proposal to shut down a decades-old elementary school. The district is considering closing Cape View Elementary School in Cape Canaveral because of a decline in enrollment. If shuttered, the nearly 300 students at Cape View would be moved to Roosevelt Elementary School, about 7 miles away.” (ClickOrlando, 11/19/25)

“Members of the public who rallied in the parking lot and held a food drive to benefit the school ahead of the meeting brought their grievances and concerns inside, with community members, students and parents speaking for nearly an hour in a half in support of keeping the school open.” (Florida Today, 11/19/25)

“Cape View Elementary and its potential consolidation with Roosevelt Elementary in Cocoa Beach were a significant topic among the public, with parents urging community members in the weeks prior to the meeting to come speak to the board about the possibility of keeping the school open.” (Florida Today, 11/18/25)

“Charter school operators are targeting Brevard Public Schools to co-share the public school buildings as part of the controversial “Schools of Hope” program. One operator alone filed notice to get access to dozens of schools in the county, prompting advocates to raise alarm.” (source, 11/18/25)

“Parents left with few answers to their questions after a meeting with Brevard Public Schools Superintendent Mark Rendell about the potential closure of Cape View Elementary School in Cape Canaveral — and community members without kids attending the school were shut out from the discussion altogether.” (

The next School Board meeting is Tuesday, November 18th at 5:30pm. We will meet and strategize beforehand: * Thursday November 13th at 7:30pm: Virtual Strategy Session Join us to discuss how we will show up in support of Cape View Elementary School on Nov. 18th at the BPS School Board meeting. Let’s defend our schools. Let’s win together. ### Register and Share Printable "I Stand With Calhoun" Stickers

“A Satellite High teacher could see her license suspended by the Florida Department of Education in connection with the case of a student using a preferred name in class, a situation which cost one Brevard teacher her job earlier this year.” (Florida Today, 9/30/25)

“Support from Brevard’s teacher union for an ousted educator — and criticism of Superintendent Mark Rendell’s decision not to rehire her — prompted blowback from school board members at the Sept. 23 meeting in Viera.” (Florida Today, 9/24/2025)

RFK Jr. has profited off this ableist lie for decades. Now he’s using his power to make it health policy.

I don’t often share personal things about my family here on the blog, but I was reflecting on something last weekend that’s also relevant to Micro.blog. My mom has been in the hospital for a week and a half. I’ve been back and forth to the hospital every day to visit her. More than a few times I would settle in at the hospital cafeteria with my laptop to catch up on work. She is finally out of the hospital, after a roller coaster month of trips to the doctor and the ER. Nurses always seem to have nearly infinite kindness and patience. It’s one of those jobs that probably seesaws from very rewarding to very difficult. Patients come in and out of your life for an hour or a day or a week, and you do your best within what must sometimes feel like a convoluted system. (My daughter is actually a nurse too, so I’ve had a glimpse of what it’s like.) For a long time I’ve wanted to do something extra for the people who do so much for their community. Back in 2020, we experimented with offering 6 months of hosting for teachers. There was some interest in it, but the announcement quickly got buried on my website, and even I forgot about it until I started drafting this new post. So let’s start again with teachers and nurses. Micro.blog’s standard blog hosting is now free for them. Teachers and nurses can visit this special page after they’ve signed up for a Micro.blog account. Thanks everyone who has helped make Micro.blog what it is, and what it can still become. If you know a teacher or nurse who might enjoy Micro.blog, let them know!

Contact the School Board and demand that Melissa Calhoun be reinstated.

Paul Roub, mostly rarely blogging. Music is at paulroub.com

The next School Board meeting is Tuesday, June 10th at 9:30am. We will meet, rally and strategize ahead of time.

Happy Mother’s Day. Our Volunteer State Director in Florida has a love song for moms for Liberty that we like to call “stop the bullsh*t”. #whoaremomsforliberty