Broward County Schools

The potential closures are in Coral Springs, Hollywood, Miramar, Oakland Park, Fort Lauderdale and Pembroke Pines.

This year, thanks to a new Florida law, high school students can now satisfy both their arts and physical education credits if they're in marching band for two years. WLRN reporters went to Charles W. Flanagan High School in Pembroke Pines to watch students spend long summer days practicing to perform at a high level.

Some of the testing overlapped, so part of the goal was to eliminate duplication of district tests assessing skills that the state is already testing.

Dwindling enrollment means a smaller budget for the district. The 11,000 fewer students as the school year opens equates to about $100 million less in funding.

The move to fire the lead lawyer stems from a controversy surrounding a 2018 tax referendum that requires Broward schools to share taxpayer dollars with charter schools.

The school board unanimously rejected a plan brought by Superintendent Peter Licata for the district to begin building out its own full-scale police force as soon as next month.

UPDATED: With heavy rain causing major flooding in South Florida from Wednesday night into Thursday morning, city and school officials warned residents to keep off the roadways and announced closings and cancellations.

Broward's new top leader has spent nearly three decades in neighboring Palm Beach County public schools, most recently as a regional superintendent.

The head of one of Florida's largest school districts is out of a job. Broward Schools Superintendent Vickie Cartwright was fired with a 5 to 4 vote by a “reform board” controlled by five appointees of Gov. Ron DeSantis.

The South Florida school district has found one more way to fill many vacant positions going into the school year: hiring from the Philippines.

Broward school officials are taking steps to fix a question about a proposed school tax that was inaccurately translated on voter ballots.

Miami-Dade and Broward school district students performed better on this year’s annual statewide exams compared to last year’s, but only slightly more than half of the students earned a passing score of Level 3 or higher in English and math.