School Board of Broward County Approves Agreements with Broward Teachers Union

Tuesday, February 27, 2024During a Special School Board meeting on Tuesday, February 27, 2024, The School Board of Broward County, Florida approved an agreement with the Broward Teachers Union – Education Professionals (BTU-EP) that will increase the base salary for existing and new teachers for the current school year (2023/24), and a Memorandum of Understanding establishing the number of planning and early release days for the 2024/25 school year. ... Read More

Broward could close far more than 5 schools next year

The number of potential Broward school closures next year could skyrocket under an idea supported by Superintendent Peter Licata and some School Board members. The School Board directed Licata last fall to develop a plan to close or dramatically overhaul at least five schools for the 2025-26 school year. But the district actually has 54,100 more seats than students, the equivalent of about 40 to 60 schools. Licata told the South Florida Sun Sentinel last month he expected school closures to... Read More

Broward County School Board to Vote on Tentative Agreements with the Broward Teachers Union

Tuesday, February 27, 2024 The Broward County School Board and BCPS Superintendent Dr. Peter Licata will hold a news conference following the Board’s vote on tentative agreements made with the Broward Teachers Union earlier this month. ... Read More

Florida refuses to bar unvaccinated students from Broward school with measles outbreak

FORT LAUDERDALE (AP) — Florida’s controversial surgeon general is drawing criticism for his handling of an elementary school’s measles outbreak, telling parents of unvaccinated children it is their choice whether their students attend class — a contravention of federal guidelines calling for their mandatory exclusion. Dr. Joseph Ladapo, nationally known for his outspoken skepticism toward the COVID-19 vaccine, sent a letter this week to parents at Manatee Bay Elementary School near... Read More

Broward Health wants Parkland land that was once bought for a new school

A plot of land once envisioned as the site of a Parkland elementary school could become the future site of a Broward Health medical complex. The hospital system, operated by the taxpayer-funded North Broward Hospital District, is seeking to acquire from the Broward School District a 10-acre parcel at the southwest corner of University Drive and Trails End Drive in Parkland. The School Board bought the land for $5.85 million in 2005 with plans to build a new elementary school. The city of... Read More

Measles outbreak: Remote education offered for students at Manatee Bay Elementary

Parents at Manatee Bay Elementary can keep their kids home for up to 21 days and get a remote education if they have concerns about a recent measles outbreak, Broward Schools Superintendent Peter Licata said Wednesday. On Tuesday evening, health officials confirmed a sixth case of measles at the Weston school. That number remained steady Wednesday, and there are no other known cases at any other district schools, spokesman John Sullivan said. Licata gave a brief update about the measles... Read More

Fifth measles case confirmed at Broward elementary school

A fifth case of the measles has been confirmed at the Manatee Bay Elementary School in Weston, a Broward County Public Schools official said Monday. The district received “updated information” from the Florida Department of Health — Broward, “regarding one additional confirmed case of measles” at the school,” John J. Sullivan, Chief Communications and Legislative Affairs Officer, said in a statement. “This brings the total number of cases to five,” he said. “The District is... Read More

Metal detectors will be added to some Broward schools after successful Palm Beach rollout

Broward’s high school students may have to walk through a new layer of security this fall. The school district plans to install walk-through metal detectors at 10 yet-to-be-named high schools for the start of the 2024-25 school year, Superintendent Peter Licata said. But students needn’t worry about a stressful TSA-like experience where students have to remove every piece of metal on them and face pat-downs, district officials say. These devices are designed to use artificial intelligence... Read More

Broward County child diagnosed with highly contagious measles

A third-grader in Broward County with no history of travel has been diagnosed with measles. Because measles is highly contagious, the local office of the Florida Department of Health in Broward on Friday notified facilities and health care providers that the patient may have visited as well as individuals who may have been exposed, In the last six months, a measle case also was reported in Miami-Dade and Seminole counties. Both were acquired after travel outside the United States. ... Read More