Broward County Public Schools

Parents are now able to track the reported cases of COVID-19 at public schools in South Florida.

For the first time since March, parents were dropping kids off at Broward County Public Schools Friday. About 12,500 students made up the first wave of students to return to the schoolhouse. “It’s been a great day, a great feeling,” Superintendent Robert Runcie said at a news conference Friday afternoon. “I think everyone was extremely happy to see students coming...

Broward County Public Schools is welcoming some of its student back to campus Friday for in-person classes. NBC 6’s Ari Odzer reports.

Broward Superintendent Robert Runcie speaks to NBC 6 about what students should expect as they head back to campus.

They’ve been counting down the days and now it’s here: kids are coming back to Broward County Public Schools Friday. “It’s a rollercoaster of emotions. I’m always nervous, but I’m excited to see them,” said second grade teacher Nicole Ferraro.  Her colleague across the hall at Harbordale Elementary School in Fort Lauderdale, Noel Morgado-Santos, said, “I believe that we...

The first wave of Broward County students are set to return to classrooms Friday. NBC 6’s Ari Odzer has more of how some are preparing.

This is the last weekend before public schools reopen in Miami-Dade County. Friday was a mandatory teacher planning day, so every school was a beehive of activity with staff working to get the buildings ready.

Batches of Miami-Dade students will be returning to their classrooms Monday morning, as the county’s public schools resume in-person lessons ten days sooner than originally planned.

The Florida Supreme Court has ruled that a school district can’t be forced to pay more than $300,000 total to the victims or their families in the Parkland high school massacre that left 17 people dead and another 17 wounded

The Broward County Public Schools board has settled on a reopening plan that includes bringing certain grades back to the classroom in mid-October. Pre-K students, kindergarteners, first graders, students with disabilities, and sixth and ninth graders will return physically back to school from Oct. 14 to Oct. 16. Friday, Oct. 20 would be the first full day for all students…

Miami-Dade and Broward public schools released their reopening plans, which include staggering students back into classrooms mid-October.

The Broward County School Board is holding a special meeting Tuesday to discuss plans for the physical reopening of schools.

The teachers of Broward County Public Schools have been training. In fact, it’s been going on for weeks, with the single objective of making the e-learning experience better on both sides of the computer screen, for teachers and especially for students.

Broward Schools superintendent Robert Runcie said schools could reopen as soon as October if coronavirus trends continue.

The pandemic numbers are improving, and so is the outlook for the physical reopening of Broward and Miami-Dade Public Schools.

The first day of school Wednesday for Broward County Public Schools was an all-virtual, all-online experience.

South Florida public schools are in various stages of reopening. Broward schools open Wednesday morning, while Miami-Dade and Palm Beach county schools open on August 31. Of course, they’re opening virtually, not physically.

Broward Schools are set to reopen Wednesday with distance learning amid the coronavirus pandemic.

No one was satisfied with the distance learning experience that teachers and students were forced into when schools abruptly closed at the beginning of the pandemic last March. NBC 6’s Ari Odzer reports on the new training teachers gone through for the fall semester.

Entering hallways will be replaced with entering a log-in for the first day of school at all Broward County public schools next week.   The school board held a special meeting Tuesday to review reopening plans before giving final approval. The district said changes will bring more structure to their distance learning program. One major initiative is help for parents…