Broward School Board members said Tuesday they made a bad decision, and got bad information from district staff, when they approved a five-year lease agreement on June 17.
The Broward school district’s decision to rent office space, rather than use its own, could hurt its efforts to limit charter schools from occupying empty space in its schools.
The number of Schools of Hope may skyrocket due to a recent change in state law that allows operators to co-locate rent-free on traditional school campuses.
A cellphone restriction has now been lifted for Broward high school students, who can talk, text, surf the web and listen to music during their lunch period starting on Wednesday.
Miami-based Mater Academy wants to operate “Schools of Hope” on Broward public school campuses starting in August 2027 under a new state law that would allow them to operate rent free.
A majority of Broward School Board members even said they are willing to sell or lease their own headquarters, the K.C. Wright administrative building in downtown Fort Lauderdale.
A resolution questions FAU President Adam Hasner’s decision on Sept. 13 to publicly announce on social media that he was removing and investigating one tenured professor, stating such a move …
Broward could have at least seven fewer elementary and middle schools due to closures and consolidations next year, under the district’s latest proposal to address underenrollment.
The 2-1 decision by a panel of the 4th District Court of Appeal overturns a trial court judge’s ruling that had rejected Barbara Myrick’s request to dismiss the case.
The Broward school district argues its use of the program, Latinos in Action, has not been discriminatory. Still, parents received notice that it would be discontinued by January.
The school district didn’t properly assess students who demonstrate potentially violent behavior last year, seven years after missing warning signs that were believed to have contributed to t…