Three prominent Broward attorneys will be spearheading a commission on ethics for Broward County Public Schools. During a press conference Wednesday morning, James Notter, superintendent for Broward County Public Schools, announced the Commission on Education Excellence through Integrity, Public Ethics, and Transparency. Former Attorney General Bob Butterworth, former State Representative and current Fort Lauderdale Mayor [...]
Broward County Public Schools is seeking volunteers to serve as non-medical assistants during the voluntary H1N1 vaccination process now taking place in the District’s schools. The volunteers may help organize the students as they enter the vaccination area, verify that parent consent forms are on file, restock supplies or run errands. Vaccinations are being offered in [...]
Broward Teachers Union leaders request district officials investigate and make public all details concerning a district contractor’s fund-raising event for School Board Member Ann Murray in late August before the school board votes Tuesday to approve a million dollar contract for the company. Broward schools continue to be the subject of a federal corruption probe [...]
Imagine sending an e-mail message to your elected School Board of Broward County representative, telling them your concerns, asking for their help – not once, not twice, but three times – and waiting for a response that never comes. “I know that you are under a great deal of pressure at this time to do what’s [...]
Broward County Public Schools Board member Robin Bartleman has been named this year’s recipient of the Counselor Advocate of the Year Award, presented by the Florida School Counselor Association (FSCA) Professional Recognition Committee. Bartleman will receive the award at the Florida School Counselor Association Awards Dinner on Friday, October 30 (7-9:30 p.m.) at the Renaissance [...]
Free and reduced price meal benefits from the 2008/09 school year will expire on Wednesday, October 7, 2009. As of October 7, 2009, children will no longer receive meal benefits based on last year’s eligibility status. Families that qualified for benefits last year must complete and submit a new application to be eligible for benefits [...]
Solar cars, gardens, an eco-bus as well as a truck that runs on vegetable oil? Most people aren’t using these items today, but students at South Plantation High School (SPHS) are building them. As part of an eight-year-old, award-winning magnet program, the students spend four years in various classes related to environmental science. “We have [...]
Broward County Public Schools officials yesterday announced the District’s 2009/10 Twentieth Day Student Count. The District’s total enrollment for the 2009/10 school year on the twentieth day, Monday, September 21, is 255,203, representing pre-kindergarten through grade 12 students enrolled in the District’s 288 schools (141 elementary, 42 middle, 33 high schools, 16 centers and 56 [...]
Twenty-three (23) Broward County Public High School seniors were named semifinalists for National Achievement Scholarship Awards, presented by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC). These students are part of more than 1,600 Black American high school seniors who have been designated semifinalists in the 46th annual National Achievement Scholarship Program. These scholastically talented young men [...]
A series of workshops for parents of students with disabilities are being presented by the District’s Exceptional Student Education Department and Florida Diagnostic and Learning Resources System. Although targeted to parents ofstudents with disabilities, the workshops are open to all interested parents. Two series of Active Parenting Workshops, one for parents of children ages preschool – [...]
Forty-seven (47) Broward County Public Schools high school seniors are among approximately 16,000 semifinalists in the 55th annual National Merit Scholarship program. These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 8,200 National Merit® Scholarships, worth more than $36 million, that will be offered next spring. Below is [...]
Broward County Public Schools in southern Florida has won another $250,000 in Broad Prize college scholarships as a finalist for the second year in a row for the nation’s most improved urban school district, The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation announced today. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan joined philanthropist Eli Broad and members of [...]
Fifty-three pre-school through adult education students with disabilities will be recognized for their accomplishments at an awards breakfast in their honor on October 2, 2009, 9 a.m. at Wannado City, Sawgrass Mills Mall, 12801 West Sunrise Boulevard, Sunrise. The event will be attended by the students’ families, school staff and special guest, Broward County Public Schools [...]
Colonel James Armstrong, the District’s Curriculum Specialist for JROTC, was recently named the nation’s Director of Army Instruction of the Year 2009 by the United States Army’s Cadet Command. Colonel Armstrong received the award at the September 1, 2009 Broward County School Board meeting. Colonel Fransisco Betacourt, Brigade Commander of the Sixth ROTC Brigade headquartered [...]
The School Board of Broward County, Florida, is making continuous progress to place many of its 394 recently laid-off teachers back to work. The chart below reflects the status: A B C D Teachers laid off on June 23, 2009 Teachers placed, to date Teachers remaining to be placed Teachers who resigned, separated employment or [...]
It’s back-to-school season across the U.S. with 56 million students expected to enroll in kindergarten through high school classes at more than 98,000 schools this year. As many students return to school motorists need to use extra caution with the increased congestion on roadways. “Nearly one-fifth of traffic fatalities that involve children below the age [...]
The Million Father March 2009 will play out at thousands of schools across America and in other parts of the world on the first day of school. Members of several local community groups have partnered with Broward County Public Schools again this year for the Million Father March Back to School campaign – encouraging fathers [...]
The National School Boards Association’s Council of Urban Boards of Education (CUBE) has announced that Broward County Public Schools is one of two finalists for the organization’s Annual Award for Urban School Board Excellence. The award honors urban school districts that demonstrate progress in educating children and serve as role models for excellence in school [...]
To date, Superintendent James Notter has returned 203 teachers back to work. Earlier this summer, Broward County Public Schools laid off 364 employees due to a budget crunch caused by the economy and also by fewer students enrolling in Broward Public Schools. Of the 364, there are 168 left to be placed in a vacant [...]
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BROWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS REHIRED The School Board of Broward County, Florida, is making continuous progress to place many of its 394 recently laid-off teachers back to work. The chart below reflects the status: A B C D Teachers laid off on June 23, 2009 Teachers placed, to date Teachers remaining to be placed [...]
The School Board of Broward County, Florida, announces its policy for Free and Reduced Price Meals for students under the National School Lunch and Breakfast programs. Applications will be sent to all homes with a letter to parents or guardians. Applications are also available at all schools at the beginning of the 2009/10 school year. [...]
From public relations at Broward County School Board: The School Board of Broward County, Florida, is making continuous progress to put many of its 394 recently laid-off teachers back to work. To date, 92 teachers have been recalled. Beginning next week, the District will recall teachers to an additional 123 vacancies that were created by [...]
A greater percentage of Florida students are performing at or above grade level in reading and mathematics compared to all test years since 2001, according to the 2009 Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) results released today. Additionally, more students in grades 5 and 8 are performing at or above grade level in science compared with [...]
The Department of Education will release the 2009 FCAT Reading and Math (grades 4-10) and Science (grades 5, 8, 11) results on Thursday, May 28, 2009. Check back Thursday for results! RELATED STORY Broward scores released Statewide FCAT scores released District 4th and 8th grade students increase FCAT writing scores for fifth straight year
