Broward County Public Schools

The Broward County Public Schools board is halting the use of a fictional book about a Black boy who is killed by a white officer after a police union complained to the school district that it is propaganda

The severance negotiations between the Broward County School Board and Superintendent Robert Runcie, along with school board attorney Barbara Myrick, began Wednesday morning.

The severance negotiations between the Broward County School Board and Superintendent Robert Runcie, along with school board attorney Barbara Myrick, began Wednesday morning. NBC 6’s Ari Odzer reports

Students at Broward County Public Schools started to receive their COVID-19 vaccines Tuesday as part of a county-wide program that district board members hope will encourage families to get vaccinated together.

Students at Broward County Public Schools started to receive their COVID-19 vaccines Tuesday as part of a county-wide program that district board members hope will encourage families to get vaccinated together. NBC 6’s Carlos Suarez reports

A Florida school board will vote next week on a severance package for its superintendent who offered his resignation after a grand jury investigating the circumstances surrounding the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School indicted him on a perjury charge

The South Florida school superintendent overseeing Parkland schools has resigned amid continuing criticism over the 2018 mass shooting there and a perjury charge from a statewide grand jury

Broward County Public Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie and the district’s top lawyer offered to resign Tuesday night. NBC 6’s Ari Odzer reports

NBC 6’s Ari Odzer has the latest developments after Robert Runcie made the statement during an emergency school board meeting Tuesday.

Broward County Public Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie is speaking out publicly for the first time since his arrest last week on a perjury charge. In a video message released Tuesday morning, Runcie thanked his supporters and addressed his arrest.

Superintendent Robert Runcie, charged with lying to a grand jury investigating circumstances surrounding the 2018 massacre on one of his campuses, offered to step down Tuesday, hours after releasing a video statement saying he would be vindicated and would not resign. NBC 6’s Alyssa Hyman reports

Robert Runcie offers to step down as Broward County Public Schools superintendent during a school board meeting on April 27, 2021.

Broward County Public Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie has offered to step down following his arrest last week on a perjury charge. NBC 6’s Ari Odzer reports

NBC 6’s Ari Odzer has more after Robert Runcie spoke for the first time since his arrest last week.

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Prosecutors say the superintendent of the Florida school district where 17 students and staff died in a 2018 high school massacre prepared for his testimony before a statewide grand jury by contacting witnesses in a criminal case and then lied about it when asked

Call it a rally for Runcie. More than 50 people, including politicians, business owners, and church pastors, gathered in front of the Broward County Public Schools building Friday and minced no words as they showed their support for the embattled superintendent, Robert Runcie.  “If you don’t stand for those who stand for us, then who do you stand for and…

Community leaders rally in support of Broward Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie following his arrest on a perjury charge.

Broward County Public Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie has filed a motion to dismiss a perjury charge against him. Runcie was arrested Wednesday by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement on a felony charge of perjury in an official proceeding. He was booked into jail and released. FDLE officials said the charge against Runcie is related to his testimony before a…

The indictment and arrest of the Broward County Public Schools superintendent and the School Board’s attorney Wednesday will be the only shoes to drop from the statewide grand jury’s investigation, because its term is over.