In 2024, the Duval County School Board unanimously hired Dr. Christopher Bernier as superintendent after he abruptly resigned from Lee County Schools.
Board members knew of an ongoing whistleblower investigation into allegations of bullying, intimidation, and a “violent temper,” and said they had done due diligence.
A later Lee County report cleared the most serious claims but found he had spoken to a senior staffer with profanity and in ways witnesses called “dehumanizing,” “insulting,” and disrespectful.