Members of the Broward County School Board met Wednesday to discuss potential adjustments to the district’s new cellphone policy, which currently requires students to keep their devices off or on airplane mode throughout the school day.

Amid nationwide teacher shortages and as a way to remain competitive, Broward County Public Schools is considering expanding their child care programs.

Teachers and administrators in Broward County were seeking clarity about whether or not to make the College Board’s Advanced Placement psychology class available to students looking for opportunities to earn college credits in high school.

Broward County Public Schools Superintendent Peter Licata will have to continue to wait for school board members to vote on his contract agreement.

School Board members met Tuesday for a workshop about future changes in sexual education at Broward County Public Schools to abide by the state’s Parental Rights in Education law, which critics have gone on to refer to as the “Don’t Say Gay” law.

On the latest episode of This Week in South Florida, host Michael Putney welcomes Rep. Carlos Gimenez, Broward School Board members Sarah Leonardi and Kevin Tynan and Miami Commissioner Ken Russell.

The Broward County School Board voted five to four on Monday night to fire Superintendent Vickie L. Cartwright.

On the latest episode of This Week in South Florida, hosts Michael Putney and Glenna Milberg are joined by state Rep. Michael Grieco, former Miami Beach Mayor Phillip Levine, Miami-Dade School Board member Lucia Baez-Geller and Broward School Board member Sarah Leonardi.

School board members from Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties are considering filing a lawsuit to defend their decision to implement the use of face masks during the coronavirus pandemic.

The school board is expected to discuss the recent events surrounding Broward County Superintendent of Schools Robert Runcie who was arrested on a charge of perjury Wednesday.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – There are about 1,700 Broward County Public School teachers who have serious underlying health conditions. On Friday, Broward Superintendent Robert Runcie is putting an end to teachers’ special work-from-home accommodation during the coronavirus pandemic. In a recent Broward County Public Schools’ survey, 39% of the parents who responded said they are ready to send their kids back into the schoolhouse. Sarah Leonardi, a newly elected Broward School Board member, said teachers are scared. “They were granted those accommodations because of health conditions that are not ending on January 8th,” said Anna Fusco, the president of the Broward County Teachers Union.