Broward County Public Schools

School begins Tuesday for Broward public schools and Wednesday for Miami-Dade

Officials in one of Florida’s most populated counties are trying to fix a ballot question about a proposed school tax that was inaccurately translated into Spanish on voter ballots. The issue came to light when a Spanish-speaking voter contacted the South Florida SunSentinel. Voters are being asked to double the tax rate to help cover costs of teacher raises, hiring...

The CDC dropped some COVID-19 recommendations ahead of the school year as Broward bus drivers gear up for the new year. NBC 6’s Kim Wynne reports

NBC 6’s Willard Shepard reports on the controversy brewing in Broward County over a lavish retreat in Naples Broward’s principals and assistant principals attended last month.

They made a big dent in the problem. Broward County Public Schools says it hired 764 people on the spot today at a career fair held at Western High School in Davie. The school district had 1,200 job openings, including a need for 433 teachers. The career fair drew just over 2,000 people. “Every type of job possible is available,…

NBC 6’s Ari Odzer reports on the vacancies and the career fair that worked to fill them.

Broward County Public Schools calls it the “Secure the Next Generation Renewal” referendum. It picks up where the 2018 referendum leaves off. That boost for public education, which expires this year, raised property taxes by one mil. It allowed the school district to hire hundreds of security and mental health personnel and provided an average salary bonus of $4,000 per…

The school district is on a hiring spree because it has 1,200 job openings, everything from teachers to bus drivers to custodians.

NBC 6’s Ari Odzer reports on a back to school career fair being held in Broward County ahead of the new school year. The County is looking to hire all positions from teachers, to bus drivers, and custodians

The Florida Department of Education released its 2022 report card for every schools in the state. See individual grades for every school in the state.

The grades are in, and Broward County Public Schools retained its “B” grade, missing an “A” by one percentage point, while Miami-Dade celebrated another “A.”

NBC 6’s Ari Odzer briefs the districts’ scoring and explains how this grade was decided.

The principal of Gulfstream Academy of Hallandale Beach was reassigned as a mother takes action after her daughter was beaten at the school. NBC 6’s Julie Leonardi reports

School safety is top of mind following the shooting in Uvalde. The chair of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Commission says after years of failing to meet state safety requirements, Broward County Public Schools is making big improvements.

When a school year ends, assessments are done to determine successes and shortcomings.

The school year at Broward County Public Schools is officials in the books. NBC 6’s Ari Odzer reports

Miami-Dade and Broward school board members say they’ve faced harassment all year, starting with the mask mandate issues last fall

NBC 6’s Ari Odzer spoke to school board members from Miami-Dade and Broward about the harassment they faced over issues such as mask mandates.

Broward County Public Schools want students and parents to know that banning backpacks for the last three days of the school year is part of a safety protocol. The measure was outlined in an email sent to students and their families by Broward County Public Schools. “We just did it district wide, for all the grades, again being very proactive…

NBC 6’s Victor Jorges has more on what this means for students over the final three days.