DECEMBER 14 -17, 2012
'Nutcracker' gets great grades from students
Hours before opening night of The Nutcracker, Miami City Ballet
held its final dress rehearsal for a sea of young– but tough – critics:
about 1,800 students. "I give them an A-," said fifth-grader Jindry
Hernandez, a student at Bennett Elementary School in Fort Lauderdale.
Hernandez, 12, is a dancer herself, and said she was looking for how
well the ballerinas maintained their balance and posture. She joined
students from around the county who packed the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale Friday to watch a special presentation of George Balanchine's The
Nutcracker.
Middle School to be flushed out Saturday
Parents
are concerned after someone at a South Florida middle school contracted
a case of the potentially deadly Legionnaires' disease. Broward County
Public School has not provided any information regarding the
Legionnaires' disease outbreak. The only information that has been
provided is from the parents of students at Olsen Middle School, who
have spoken to the administration at the Broward County School Board,
Wednesday.
S. Fla. community leaders react to Conn. school shooting
Telling your children about what happened in Conn.
S. Fla. schools to have counselors available onMonday
Miami-Dade, Broward School Chiefs React To Conn. Shooting
Local
school officials reacted to the horrific massacre of nearly two dozen
young kids with the same sadness shared by the rest of the nation.
South Florida School Districts to Review Safety Procedures Following Connecticut Elementary School Shooting
South Florida school officials plan to review safety procedures
School
violence has been a reality for years in South Florida, but the
magnitude of Friday's massacre in Connecticut has astounded educators
and local officials. Following the shootings at Newtown elementary
school, South Florida officials say they plan to review their security
procedures.
Sandy Hook school massacre an assault on all of us
At South Florida elementary school, parents and teachers hit hard by heinous shooting
Miami-Dade schools chief on Conn. school massacre: need ‘mental detection rather than metal detection’
Experts urge parents to talk to their children in an age-appropriate way about the tragedy.
School Board studies redistrict plans
After
just a month into her new job, Broward school board member Rosalind
Osgood has learned she will lose part of the district that
overwhelmingly elected her.
DECEMBER 19, 2012
Miami-Area Schools Hold Moment Of Silence For Sandy Hook Elementary Shooting Victims (VIDEO)
Flags
at South Florida public schools flew at half-mast Monday as the state's
two largest school districts remembered the victims of the schoolshooting at Sandy Hook Elementary….In
Broward County, Superintendent Robert Runcie reflected on tightening
security procedures at area public schools, while recognizing the need
to help students in coping with the tragedy.
Broward Schools briefing on school security measures
The
Broward Public Schools Superintendent and School District Police
Chief, held a briefing this morning to address issues of concern to the
publicabout school safety.
Broward School Board says safety procedures need work
TheBrowardCounty
School Board took a close look at its security procedures Tuesday and
identified three areas for improvement: the need for more school-based
police officers, single-point entries for schools and evacuation
procedures for special-needs children. It also strongly criticized a
2011-12 state report that claimed the district had met all 30 best
practices recommended by the Florida Department of Education.
Broward schools examine security gaps
In
the wake of the Connecticut school shooting, Broward school district
leaders acknowledged their own security measures have room for
improvement. Two of the most important student-safety measures used in
Broward County —on-campus police officers and visitor access that is
limited to one entrance —aren’t in place at every school, district
leaders acknowledged Tuesday.
Mike Ryan: Expand full-time School Resource Officer program
For years, the School Resource Officer program in Broward County has
demonstrated success, at least in those cities having SROs. However,
the School Board reimburses cities only about one-third of the total
cost to staff a qualified, full-time SRO. As a result, some cities do
not have any SROs in their elementary schools. Others cities split SROs
among multiple elementary schools, dramatically reducing the SRO
presence.
Parents start pressure for more school police
Parents
that have begun lobbying the School Board for full-time police officers
at their children’s’ schools. The question, of course, is who will pay?
The School Board? Individual cities?
Broward School Board rejects safety plan
Staff asked to reconsider safety measures at schools
Allowing Principals and Teachers To Have Guns Not the Answer: Miami-Dade and Broward Superintendents
An author of Florida’s Stand Your Ground law made the suggestion Monday
A
Florida lawmaker has suggested that schools would be safer if
principals and teachers were allowed to bring guns to school. South
Florida school superintendents and parents said Tuesday they don’t think
that’s a good move.
Broward schools' embattled transportation director resigns
The
Broward school district's director of transportation is resigning after
he faced mounting pressure from the school board and bus drivers who
claimed he mismanaged the department. Chester Tindall will retain title
of director and continue collecting his $125,000 salary until his
resignation takes effect March 1, 2013.
Broward school transportation chief resigns
Transportation
Director Chester Tindall arrived about a year ago, tasked with turning
around along-troubled department that had been criticized for nepotism
and routinely ran tens of millions of dollars over budget. Roughly four
months after Broward’s start to the school year was disrupted by
widespread school bus problems, the man who once led Broward’s bus
drivers has announced his resignation
Schools transportation director resigns
Chester Tindall's resignation effective March 1
The
director of the Broward County Public Schools Transportation
Department, who drew the ire of parents and bus drivers as problems
plagued the department earlier in the year, is resigning. Chester
Tindall's resignation is effective March 1st. Until then,he will
continue to collect his $125,000 salary.
Hollywood teacher accused of strapping autistic child
A Hollywood teacher could lose her job after being accused of locking an autisticchild
in a chair for two hours, and improperly managing several other
special-needs children. The School Board moved Tuesday to suspend
without pay Vivia Bromfield, an elementary school teacher at Stirling
Elementary. It's at least the fourth time in 2012 that a teacher or aide in Broward County has faced discipline for allegedly mistreating an autistic child.
