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On this episode of the South Florida Roundup: Broward and Miami-Dade public schools reopen soon as the region responds to phase three

The report, which accounts for data recorded between Sept. 6 and Sept. 26, shows a limited picture of COVID-19 cases tied to schools.

On this episode of the South Florida Roundup: Back to school in Broward County, Colombian involvement in the U.S. election, and what’s at stake in the Census count.

On this episode of the South Florida Roundup: how school districts are planning for students and teachers to return to classrooms.

While most Palm Beach County schools will open their campuses Monday, Renaissance Charter School at Wellington got a head start, giving a preview of what parents might expect at schools opening in a pandemic — assuming everything goes as planned.

The board members want to know how its new online platform, My School Online by K12, was procured, if the school district could terminate the platform, how the district’s cybersecurity suffered more than two dozen cyberattacks, and have a clearer reopening plan going forward.

Parents received a survey late Monday to gauge their children’s learning experience so far.

School buildings are set to reopen Sept. 21. The Classroom Teachers Association says the district has shown it is unprepared two weeks before this momentous date.

School meals are the only meals some children get in a day. But during the pandemic, school feeding programs have been reaching fewer and fewer families.

FEMA says pandemic-related funding is available from other sources, including millions of masks from Health and Human Services. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden blasts the policy change.

Students and teachers have a rough start with virtual schooling. The U.S. post office is falling behind. Plus new medical marijuana products could cause business in the industry to soar. And, a novel idea for feeding people in need.

Scott Atlas, a physician and member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, said during a news conference with DeSantis that evidence is “incontrovertible” that children are at extremely low risk from COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus.