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The board met Tuesday to pick their top three candidate for superintendent.
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A frequent applicant, a Haitian-American, an internal candidate and leaders from Detroit and Houston: these are the profiles of the semifinalists in the search for the Broward County school district’s new superintendent.
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The pool of semifinalists include an internal candidate, an administrator in neighboring Palm Beach County, and other career educators who have worked in Detroit, D.C. and Houston public schools.
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On The South Florida Roundup, we spoke about the Broward County Public School Board's contentious closed-door meeting that has led to a push to have students carry clear backpacks for safety reasons.
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Dr. Jesus Jara, superintendent of the Clark County School District in Nevada, dropped out of consideration to oversee Broward County schools. His decision came less than a day after seeking to run the nation's sixth-largest school district.
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The Broward County School Board voted to accept more applications for the district's top job, after the superintendent of the Las Vegas-area school district — the country's fifth largest — voiced interest in the post.
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Twenty-six people applied to be the next superintendent of Broward County Public Schools. But the district's search consultant says he's only really confident in two. Florida politics are partially to blame, he says.
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Broward County Public Schools' interim leader is not on the list of applicants who want to become the next permanent superintendent, but a top district administrator is.
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The historic flooding caused damage at a dozen schools, but the nine that suffered the worst were in Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood.
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Broward schools worked overtime to prepare flood-damaged schools for students to return. But many residents are counting on FEMA and the local government as they try to recover from the devastating damage.
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Local law enforcement agencies in Broward County have been waiting eight months for the school district to reimburse them for the work of school resource officers. After tense negotiations, the Broward School Board agreed to a contract that would substantially increase reimbursement rates.
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The Broward County school district contracts with local law enforcement agencies to have a school resource officer (SRO) on every campus. But the district isn't paying the bill for those services, according to one local police chief.