HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Howard Hepburn, the brand new Broward County Public Schools superintendent, attended a town hall assembly on Monday at Hollywood Hills High School.
Hepburn, 45, the previous deputy superintendent of educating and studying, and college board contributors mentioned an issue that wishes answers.
There are about 50,000 fewer scholars. Under-enrollment is impacting about 4 dozen faculties within the sixth-largest college district within the country.
“I would like to see a long-term facilities assessment plan,” mentioned Lori Alhadeff, the varsity board’s chair who assumed place of job in 2018 and used to be reelected in 2022.
The “Redefining Our Schools” town hall in Hollywood used to be one of the crucial seven the superintendent and college board contributors deliberate to attend in every district for 2 and a part weeks.
Aside from closures, the leaders will believe combining faculties, making boundary changes, and repurposing constructions to increase neighborhood services and products.
The procedure may take years. There received’t be any adjustments all through the 2024-25 college yr.
Less than a yr into the process, Superintendent Peter Licata introduced his retirement on April 16. Licata had mentioned the issue previous this yr.
“We have got to stop paying for the things we don’t have, the students we don’t have, and start paying for the students we do have,” Licata mentioned.
After the town hall assembly in District 1, the following assembly with Hepburn shall be in District 4 at 6 p.m., at J.P. Taravella High School, 10600 Riverside Drive, in Coral Springs.
The assembly at District 5 is at 6 p.m., on May 1, at Dillard High 6-12, at 2501 NW 11 St., in Fort Lauderdale. The assembly at District 3 is at 6 p.m., on May 6, at Fort Lauderdale High School, at 1600 NE 4 Ave.
The assembly at District 2 is at 6 p.m., on May 7, at Charles W. Flanagan High School at 12800 Taft St., in Pembroke Pines.
The assembly at District 6 is at 6 p.m., on May 8, at Western High School, at 1200 SW 136 Ave., in Davie. The assembly at District 7 is at 6 p.m., on May 9, at Deerfield Beach High School, at 910 Buck Pride Way.
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