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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 鈥渞eform board鈥 controlled by five appointees of Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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As federal agencies and local governments reassess flood zones and incorporate new technology, data on sea-level rise and the fact that the concrete jungle doesn鈥檛 absorb as much water as the natural environment, they鈥檝e concluded that vast swaths of South Florida 鈥 particularly inland areas 鈥 are vulnerable to crippling storm surge and flooding from rain.
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The Broward County School board will vote on whether they should stop paying the legal bills of its suspended members.
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The latest fallout from the grand jury report into the Broward school district that was commissioned after the Parkland shooting comes after Gov. Ron DeSantis replaced four board members. Now Tim Hay, director of the Department of Education鈥檚 Office of Safe Schools, has demanded the superintendent remove three longtime employees named in the grand jury report, saying they had 鈥済uided failed decisions on school safety."
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Broward school officials are taking steps to fix a question about a proposed school tax that was inaccurately translated on voter ballots.
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A long-awaited report from a grand jury, which has already indicted the former Broward school superintendent and two other administrators, will recommend that Gov. Ron DeSantis remove some school board members, a new court ruling says,
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South Florida schools may have to scramble to purchase new math textbooks after the state rejected some of their selections, saying the books may contain material that鈥檚 unsuitable for public schools.
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Vickie Cartwright will soon hire two new administrators that could each earn more than $200,000 a year as one of her first major decisions as Broward鈥檚 permanent school superintendent.
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SA国际传谋 50-thousand Broward County public school students and school employees are being told that their personal data may have been breached during a ransomware attack months ago.
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Broward is the latest of the South Florida school districts to loosen their mask requirements just days after a judge on Friday ruled that Florida鈥檚 order banning mask mandates was permissible.
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The families of 52 people killed, injured or traumatized during the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High have reached a $25 million settlement with the Broward School District, the lawyer for the families confirmed Monday.
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Vickie Cartwright isn鈥檛 Broward鈥檚 permanent schools鈥 superintendent 鈥 at least not yet. The School Board voted 6 to 3 on Tuesday to reject a request by member Nora Rupert to forgo a national superintendent search and immediately offer the long-term job to Cartwright, who has been interim superintendent since Aug. 1.