Some Miami-Dade (Fla.) School Board members are trying to block a visit to a school by first lady Michelle Obama scheduled for today on the grounds that it amounts to a campaign visit, The Miami Herald reports.

Miami-Dade School Board member Renier Diaz de la Portilla has called for the event at Barbara Goleman Senior High School in Miami Lakes, Fla., to be canceled while board member Carlos Curbelo wants the board attorney to reconsider an opinion that the appearance meets legal requirements, the Herald reports.

Diaz de la Portilla is running for a Florida state House seat as a Republican, and Curbelo has worked as a Republican strategist, according to the Herald.

"There's a difference between official visits to schools by elected leaders and events that are for the sole purpose of advancing the interests of a political campaign," Curbelo tells the Herald.

The Herald published a statement from Diaz de la Portilla: "The use of public schools whose only focus should be to educate our children for political gain is downright wrong. Don't these liberals have boundaries? Our schools are places for learning, not places for politicking."

Another school board member, Wilbert Holloway, a Democratic representative on the state level, told the news organization he welcomes the first lady's visit.

"I could not be more proud that first lady Michelle Obama has chosen to speak at Barbara Goleman Senior High School, and believe that our schools should encourage students to debate ideas and become engaged in our democratic process," Holloway told the Herald.