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Broward County to install carbon monoxide detectors in over 200 schools after reported gas leaks
Read full article: Broward County to install carbon monoxide detectors in over 200 schools after reported gas leaksThe Broward County School Board is taking urgent steps to install carbon monoxide detectors in more than 230 schools following two recent gas leaks that sent several individuals to the hospital.
High levels of carbon monoxide detected at Weston high school for 2nd time in less than a week
Read full article: High levels of carbon monoxide detected at Weston high school for 2nd time in less than a weekCypress Bay High School Principal Kassandra Fried confirmed Monday that the school experienced a carbon monoxide leak for the second time in less than a week.
Rita Case donates CPR training kits to Broward County Public Schools
Read full article: Rita Case donates CPR training kits to Broward County Public SchoolsMore Broward County students are learning step-by-step instructions on cardiopulmonary resuscitation to help someone in a cardiac or breathing emergency.
Normal operations resume at Broward high school after ‘dangerous item’ found on campus
Read full article: Normal operations resume at Broward high school after ‘dangerous item’ found on campusCypress Bay High School in Weston was placed on “secure status” Thursday morning after a “dangerous item” was found on campus, the Broward Sheriff’s Office confirmed.
Deputies lift Broward school lockdown, investigation over ‘suspicious item’ continues
Read full article: Deputies lift Broward school lockdown, investigation over ‘suspicious item’ continuesDeputies locked down a public school for a few hours on Tuesday in Broward County to conduct a search and an investigation after a student’s report.
Weston school to get life-saving kits in memory of school shooting victim
Read full article: Weston school to get life-saving kits in memory of school shooting victimA school in Weston will get hundreds of “Stop The Bleed” kits over the summer in memory of a 14-year-old Parkland school shooting victim.
Teacher faces 5 sexual battery charges in case involving former Broward student
Read full article: Teacher faces 5 sexual battery charges in case involving former Broward studentA former teacher and athletic director at Everglades High School in Broward County is facing sexual battery charges in a case involving a former student.
Broward parents worry about safety of crowded school buses during coronavirus pandemic’s Delta variant surge
Read full article: Broward parents worry about safety of crowded school buses during coronavirus pandemic’s Delta variant surgeParents were concerned for the safety of their kids after a photo surfaced of a Broward County Public Schools bus that was crowded with high school students in Weston during the coronavirus pandemic’s Delta variant surge of COVID cases.
Senior Spotlight: 8 Broward students awarded for academic excellence
Read full article: Senior Spotlight: 8 Broward students awarded for academic excellenceWe continue by recognizing the achievements of eight outstanding students who earned scholarships from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. The National Merit Scholarship Corporation also named five Broward County Public Schools seniors recipients of the National Merit $2,500 Scholarship. They are:Javier Pratdesaba, Everglades High SchoolHannah Quintal, Nova High SchoolKam Cheun, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High SchoolTalia Rumsky, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High SchoolKaren Villancio-Wolter, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High SchoolNational Merit $2,500 Scholarship winners are the finalists in each state judged to have the strongest combination of accomplishments, skills and potential for success in rigorous college studies. This week, National Merit College-sponsored Scholarship winners were announced. With the conclusion of this year’s competition, about 7,600 academic champions will have won National Merit Scholarships worth more than $30 million.
Cypress Bay High School evacuated because of 'suspicious' fire
Read full article: Cypress Bay High School evacuated because of 'suspicious' fireStudents gather on the football field at Cypress Bay High School after a fire was reported in a bathroom. WESTON, Fla. - Cypress Bay High School was evacuated Wednesday afternoon because of a fire. A view from Sky 10 showed students standing on the football field at the Weston school. According to the Broward Sheriff's Office, a fire was started inside a first floor boys bathroom on campus. Kane said the BSO and state fire marshal will investigate the cause of the fire, which appears to be suspicious.
Cypress Bay High School assistant football coach killed in hit-and-run crash
Read full article: Cypress Bay High School assistant football coach killed in hit-and-run crashWESTON, Fla. – The football team at Cypress Bay High School in Weston gathered Monday at practice, a day after their new assistant coach was killed in a hit-and-run crash over the weekend in Oakland Park. Broward County Public Schools spokeswoman Nadine Drew confirmed that Carlo Ullysse Jr., 27, of North Lauderdale, had been newly hired as an assistant football coach. He's barely started life yet," former football player, Jack Barges, said. "Coach was probably one of the most important people to me in my life at this moment," former football player Francisco Mena said. "For those of you who knew CJ, he was nothing more than a beacon of energy, of life, of pure love.