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Flagler safety chief reports two administrative deficiencies found and immediately corrected during state inspection
Summary
A Florida Department of Education safety inspection found two administrative documentation deficiencies at one Flagler County school; district staff said both were corrected immediately, principals were instructed to maintain physical safety binders and no follow-up action was required.
David Bostadet, the district safety specialist, told the Flagler County School Board at its April 22 workshop that the Florida Office of Safe Schools conducted an unannounced school inspection earlier in the quarter and identified two administrative deficiencies at a single campus.
Bostadet said the two issues were: the school could not immediately produce hard-copy certification documents for staff members listed on the threat-management team, and the school did not have the prior month's threat-management meeting minutes in its physical binder at the time of the visit. He described both issues as administrative oversights, said the school located and provided the required documents shortly after the inspection, and said the district uploaded digital records to the state system.
The district responded by instructing principals at an April leadership meeting to maintain physical safety binders with required documentation as a primary record while the district retains electronic backups. Bostadet said the deficiencies were corrected and that the state inspector had not requested additional corrective action.
Board members asked how the state assesses deficiencies; district staff said most findings are binary (document present or not), but the state will seek immediate corrective steps if a school lacks an assigned safe‑school officer. The district noted that two schools were inspected in the later quarter and neither yielded deficiencies.
No disciplinary or operational failure was reported; staff framed the issues as record-keeping lapses and said they would continue monitoring compliance as required by Florida Administrative Code and Florida statutes.
