VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – Sen. Rick Scott on Wednesday met with law enforcement, school officials and other local leaders in Volusia County for a discussion about children’s safety.
The roundtable discussion was held at a Boys & Girls Club in DeLand and part of Scott’s “Keeping Our Kids Safe Tour.”
Scott spoke about his legislative priorities and actions to protect Florida kids and families.
Those in attendance spoke about the challenges facing children and educators. The topics included drugs, human trafficking, toxicity on social media and video game violence.
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“Ideas people have, that’s my reason for traveling the state,” Scott said. “Get people’s ideas and talk about what we can do to keep kids safe.”
Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood said law enforcement and school guardians will do their part to keep students safe.
“First day of school, let’s set the tone and from there we pray that the good Lord looks after us and we don’t have anything that we saw the last school year happening across the country,” he said.
The first day of school in Volusia County is Monday, Aug. 14. All other Central Florida public schools started Aug. 10.
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