Gov. Crist urges schools to let kids watch inauguration
TALLAHASSEE (AP) – Gov. Charlie Crist want’s Florida’s schools to let students watch the inauguration of Barack Obama as president. The Republican governor wrote a letter Thursday to state Education Commissioner Eric Smith asking him to encourage schools to take a break from studies on Tuesday, when the Democratic president-elect takes the oath of office. Crist wrote that it would further the students’ civic education.