SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – The Florida education commissioner on Thursday sent a letter in response to how Seminole County Public Schools handled a situation with a paraprofessional who resigned after self-reporting “concerning thoughts” toward a 6-year-old student.

Florida Commissioner of Education Anastasios Kamoutsas wrote to school district superintendents, urging them to be cautious of who they hire after the situation in Seminole County left him “both disturbed and, frankly, exasperated.”

“He self-reported to the school resource officer and then quit, leaving families, staff, and the community in the dark for days. Parents were blindsided, educators felt abandoned, and the superintendent’s office seemed more concerned with optics than immediate safety,” he wrote.

The district said

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