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Dozens demand resignation of Clay County school board member Robert Alvaro after social-media remarks
Summary
At the Clay County School Board meeting Jan. 8, dozens of residents — parents, faith leaders, educators and organizers — urged the resignation of board member Robert Alvaro after comments he posted on social media. The board took no disciplinary action and said removal is a state-level process.
Hundreds of residents filled a Clay County School Board meeting on Jan. 8, 2026, pressing the board to seek the resignation of board member Robert Alvaro after commenters said a Facebook live video and other posts included racial generalizations about Black people.
Speakers including Dawn Thompson, youth-council adviser for the Clay County NAACP, and Veil Davis, North Florida regional organizer for Black Voters Matter, described the remarks as dangerous for students and called on Alvaro to resign. Thompson said a "sitting school board member made remarks stating that 80% of the Black people I know are nasty, rude, problematic" and urged the board to hold leaders accountable. Davis said the community was "outraged" and demanded…
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