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June 21, 2017

The Florida Virtual School® (FLVS) Board of Trustees (BOT) elected BOT Member Robert Gidel, Sr. as its new chairman on June 13, 2017. Gidel steps into the position, effective immediately, following a two-year term of Board Chair by Dr. Dhyana Ziegler. Ziegler will remain on the BOT as a member. 

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