Gusting winds and choppy conditions on the water were some of the effects Miami-Dade and Broward counties saw from the bands of Hurricane Helene Thursday. The conditions were expected to persist for another day or so.

Miami-Dade Public Schools Superintendent Jose Dotres held a news conference Friday morning, less than a week before students return from summer break.

Miami-Dade Public Schools has earned top marks for the fifth year in a row, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Miami-Dade Public Schools has chosen its Principal and Assistant Principal of the Year.

Brand-new, environmentally friendly school buses were introduced in Miami-Dade County on Monday morning.

Six Miami-Dade Public Schools are topping a list for exceptional student achievements in several categories across the state of Florida.

As students in South Florida prepare to head back to the classroom, Miami-Dade Public Schools held an active shooter training at a Miami high school Monday morning.

If a child's birth name is William, but everyone calls him Billy, his teacher cannot call him Billy without getting a permission slip from his parents.

The defense team for former Miami-Dade teacher Jason Meyers will begin calling their witnesses to the stand Friday.

Miami-Dade Public Schools is once again asking county taxpayers to continue doing what the state does not: fund better salaries for teachers and school security officers mandated by the state in the months following the Parkland shooting.

Miami-Dade Public Schools Superintendent Jose L. Dotres is giving a back-to-school address and holding a news conference Friday morning.

On the latest episode of This Week in South Florida, hosts Michael Putney and Glenna Milberg are joined by State Sen. Shevrin Jones, State Rep. Chip LaMarca, Miami-Dade Public Schools Superintendent Jose Dotres and chair of Miami-Dade County’s Independent Civilian Panel Loreal Arscott.

Now that Miami-Dade Public Schools Superintendent Alberto Cavalho is leaving for a job in Los Angeles, South Florida has two superintendent positions to fill, including one in Broward County.

Alberto Carvalho led Miami Dade Public Schools for 14 years as superintendent, now he's heading to Los Angeles to the nation's second largest school district.

Miami-Dade Public Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho says the county’s classroom mask mandate will remain in effect as the courts sort out the issue.

With a new school year just weeks away in Miami-Dade and Broward, emergency rules set on Friday by the Florida Board of Education became the latest salvos in the cash over masking.

This school year has been a challenge for teachers, students and parents, and on Wednesday the final bell rang in Miami-Dade and Broward counties.

Starting next month, masks will be optional for students who are participating in planned outdoor activities.

“You force people back into the schools that are the most critically ill,” Broward Teachers Union President Anna Fusco said. Superintendent Robert Runcie said teachers are needed back in the classroom, especially for the students who are falling behind academically. The school district is coordinating with the health department of Broward to get teachers and staff who are 65 and older vaccinated in the near future. District employees will be receiving additional information on how to register for an appointment. For more details on the Broward teachers leaving this year, compared to last, click here.

Over the past three weeks, Miami-Dade County had the highest number of new cases in the state, followed by Broward County; that’s according to the most recent White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing for governors, obtained by ABC news. The report said Florida is in the midst of a viral resurgence, and with aggressive action now, can contain the surge. The governor has been silent on any new guidance on COVID-19 since pushing the state into Phase 3 in late September. “You have an option; wear a mask or have shut downs, those are the two options in front of us,” said Broward County Mayor Steve Geller. “Our contact tracing needs to be better, our quarantine needs to be better, mask wearing needs to be better,” said Broward County Teachers Union President Anna Fusco.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – The teenager accused of hacking into Miami-Dade Public Schools and causing issues with their online learning had another hearing Thursday. State prosecutors have agreed to let Christian Oliveros, 16, meet with a psychologist or therapist to see if he can be diverted to a program or therapy. The first two days of online learning for the new school year at Miami-Dade schools were interrupted when no one could access the K-12 platform. While Superintendent of Schools Alberto Carvalho said Oliveros was responsible for at least eight of the attacks, authorities believe he was not acting alone. The district eventually dropped that particular online learning platform

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Students who attend Miami-Dade Public Schools are set to officially return to in-person learning in the coming days. The decision comes after Florida’s Education Secretary told the school board it had to reopen or risk loss of vital funding. Superintendent Alberto Carvalho took a tour of several schools and facilities over the weekend as they prepare to reopen their doors to students, teachers and other faculty members. School board member Martha Perez is confident that schools across the county are ready. It was less than a week ago when the Miami-Dade School Board had to quickly pivot, voting to reopen physical classrooms on Oct. 5th instead of the plan they originally voted on and approved for Oct. 14.

He is the son of Lamar Alexander, one of two suspects killed in the hijacking of a UPS truck driver last December. Detective Alvaro Zabaleta said on Monday that the teen was not injured in the shooting Monday. Detectives have been in and out of Smith’s Northwest Miami-Dade home since Monday and were back on the scene Wednesday morning, collecting evidence. “Coach Corey,” as he was known, worked for 20 years for Miami-Dade Public Schools, most recently as head football coach at Miami Senior High School. Detectives are asking anyone with information about the fatal shooting to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. A distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) cyberattack is what allegedly took down online learning for Miami-Dade Public Schools early this week. Web expert Craig Agranoff says executing that type of attack may not be as complicated as youd imagine. A simple Google search of how to do one of these will reveal how to do them, Agranoff said. It was an IP address that led police to South Miami High School junior David Oliveros, who was arrested Thursday. It takes no joy because he is one of us, district superintendent Alberto Carvalho said Thursday of Oliveros.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. Under Miami-Dade Public Schools new plan to reopen schools during the pandemic, parents will have three options: The traditional in-school model, the distance-online learning model and a hybrid model. Miami-Dade Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said the plans options reflect the flexibility that parents in the community are asking for. I believe the social interaction between the students and the teachers is absolutely indispensable, Carvalho said. Carvalho added the district and the teachers union are working together to renew the protocols for engagement between teachers and students. Sandra West, the president of the Miami-Dade County Council Parent Teacher Association, is also part of the superintendents reopening workgroup.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Superintendents announced Thursday afternoon public schools in Miami-Dade and Broward counties will remain open even amid COVID-19 pandemic. Broward Public Schools Superintendent Robert W. Runcie and Miami-Dade Public Schools Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho disagreed on after-school activities. Carvalho and Runcie said there are no COVID-19 cases linked to either of the school districts. “Speak with your children about what this virus is; what it isn’t,” Carvalho said, adding “some degree of social isolation” is important. The Florida Department of Education is working with the Florida Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to monitor public schools.