First day of school across South Florida | PHOTOS

Broward School Board members Debra Hixon, left, and Sarah Leonardi, right, and District Superintendent Howard Hepburn serve breakfast on the first day of school at Coconut Creek High School on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun Sentinel)

Students greet each other as they meet to walk into New River Middle School together for the first day of school in Fort Lauderdale on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel)

Students and parents wait for the gates to open for the first day of school at New River Middle School in Fort Lauderdale on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel)

Broward School District Superintendent Howard Hepburn shows the new crisis alert badges at Coconut Creek High School on the first day of school, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun Sentinel)

Broward County Schools Superintendent Howard Hepburn speaks in front of an E-Sports & Robotics class on the first day of school at New River Middle School in Fort Lauderdale on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel)

Broward School District Superintendent Howard Hepburn shows the new crisis alert badges as board chair Debra Hixon looks on at Coconut Creek High School on the first day of school, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun Sentinel)

Seventh grader Elle Hollar is shown in her culinary class on the first day of school at New River Middle School in Fort Lauderdale on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. Broward County School Board Chair Debra Hixon stands at left. (Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel)

Eighth grader Sophie Rodriguez interviews Broward County Schools Superintendent Howard Hepburn in the New River Middle School broadcasting lab on the first day of school in Fort Lauderdale on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel)

Broward School District Board Chair Debra Hixon is fitted for a hairnet by Elizabeth Seeley, food services nutritionist, before she serves breakfast at Coconut Creek High School on the first day of school, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun Sentinel)

Broward School District Superintendent Howard Hepburn speaks to the media at Coconut Creek High School on the first day of school, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun Sentinel)

Students and parents wait for the gates to open for the first day of school at New River Middle School in Fort Lauderdale on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel)

Broward County Schools Superintendent Howard Hepburn speaks to a culinary class on the first day of school at New River Middle School in Fort Lauderdale on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel)

Students in a marine biology class work together to put together a circuit during a media tour on the first day of school at New River Middle School in Fort Lauderdale on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel)

Students are shown in a Latinos In Action class on the first day of school at Santaluces Community High School in Lantana on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel)

Palm Beach County Schools Superintendent Michael Burke is shown during a tour of Santaluces Community High School on the first day of school in Lantana on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel)

Palm Beach County Schools Superintendent Michael Burke speaks to a Latinos In Action class during a tour of Santaluces Community High School on the first day of school in Lantana on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel)

Palm Beach County School Board member Erica Whitfield stands with her daughter, Nora, as she speaks to a Latinos In Action class during a tour of Santaluces Community High School on the first day of school in Lantana on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel)

Principal Tameka Robinson, sitting with Palm Beach County Schools Superintendent Michael Burke, speaks during a tour of Santaluces Community High School on the first day of school in Lantana on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel)

Palm Beach County Schools Superintendent Michael Burke speaks to a freshman Algebra class during a tour of Santaluces Community High School on the first day of school in Lantana on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel)

Palm Beach County Schools Superintendent Michael Burke laughs with his daughter, Hunter Burke, left, and Palm Beach County School Board chair Karen Brill, after Burke, who is an ESE teacher at the school, surprised the superintendent during a tour of Santaluces Community High School on the first day of school in Lantana on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel)