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Broward may close schools to deal with low enrollment
South Florida Sun Sentinel ^ | 2/17/20 | Scott Travis

Posted on 02/18/2020 7:50:19 AM PST by Moonman62

About 30 Broward schools could close, combine with other schools or convert into a new type of facility as the school district looks for ways to deal with nearly half-empty campuses.

Many of these schools are in the southern part of the county, from Hollywood to Pembroke Pines, where thousands of students have left for charter schools. Others are in the Fort Lauderdale area and have struggled with factors such as low student performance, outdated facilities and aging neighborhoods.

Most changes would likely take place in the fall of 2021, and district officials said affected communities would have opportunities to share their views in community forums and surveys before any decisions are made. The School Board plans to review some tentative ideas in May.

“This is not an easy conversation to have,” Superintendent Robert Runcie said.

Enrollment has dropped about 30,000 in the past 15 years, due mostly to charter schools and to a smaller degree private school vouchers. The demographics also have changed in Broward, where most growth is among adults without school-aged kids.

(Excerpt) Read more at sun-sentinel.com ...


TOPICS: Education; Society
KEYWORDS: broward; florida; schools
Broward is dominated by Democrats and has the rigged elections to prove it, but even here the parents are yanking their children out of government schools.
1 posted on 02/18/2020 7:50:19 AM PST by Moonman62
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To: Moonman62

This is great news. The Rats have taken over the schools. People are now voting with their feet


2 posted on 02/18/2020 7:52:42 AM PST by FatherofFive (Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
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To: Moonman62

Correct. Broward is infested beyond help.


3 posted on 02/18/2020 7:55:24 AM PST by rrrod (6)
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To: FatherofFive

Q. What is the difference between a lefty-infested school and a North Korean prison camp?

A. The prison camp is safer!


4 posted on 02/18/2020 7:57:36 AM PST by cgbg (The Democratic Party is morphing into the Donner Party)
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To: Moonman62

5 posted on 02/18/2020 7:59:39 AM PST by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966)
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To: Moonman62

You can be sure that not one teacher or education bureaucrat position will be eliminated.


6 posted on 02/18/2020 8:00:31 AM PST by PGR88
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To: Moonman62

“....Broward is dominated by Democrats and has the rigged elections to prove it, but even here the parents are yanking their children out of government schools.....”
Everything the liberal communists touch, they outright destroy...EVERYTHING. That includes schools/education.
Communism should be banned in America. Instead, invest our govt like the nasty vermin they are. Now, they’re running for POTUS.


7 posted on 02/18/2020 8:00:53 AM PST by lgjhn23 (It's easy to be a liberal when one is dumber than a box of rocks...)
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To: Moonman62

“....Broward is dominated by Democrats and has the rigged elections to prove it, but even here the parents are yanking their children out of government schools.....”
Everything the liberal communists touch, they outright destroy...EVERYTHING. That includes schools/education.
Communism should be banned in America. Instead, invest our govt like the nasty vermin they are. Now, they’re running for POTUS.


8 posted on 02/18/2020 8:00:56 AM PST by lgjhn23 (It's easy to be a liberal when one is dumber than a box of rocks...)
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“This is not an easy conversation to have,” Superintendent Robert Runcie said.

FYI----Obama hand-picked Runcie from the sewers of Chicago to be Supt of Schools w/ a salary and perks beyond reason.

Runcie was there to implement Obama's stupid plan to keep trouble-makers off the police dockets.....using cash rewards.

Do-nothing Runcie is the nincompoop in charge when 17 students and faculty were slaughtered.

9 posted on 02/18/2020 8:02:35 AM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: Moonman62

I knew why before i read the answer.
There are a lot of charter shcools down there.


10 posted on 02/18/2020 8:04:08 AM PST by Leep (Everyday is Trump Day!)
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To: Moonman62

This is happening in many California communities, and tax payers are forcing the local education monopoly thugs to lay off teachers and to close schools.


11 posted on 02/18/2020 8:06:36 AM PST by Grampa Dave (It would look a bit fairer if the DNC just put its POTUS nomination up for an Ebay auction!!!)
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To: Grampa Dave

I think it’s a conflict of interest for the government to run the schools. Citizens should be skeptical of their political leaders, not brainwashed by them. I think all the schools teach the Global Warming scam as fact.


12 posted on 02/18/2020 8:12:56 AM PST by Moonman62 (Charity comes from wealth.)
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To: Grampa Dave

Runcie was laughably named Supt of The Year, showered with
salary and perks up the kazoo....then came the school slaughter.

13 posted on 02/18/2020 8:14:38 AM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: OttawaFreeper

What is the meaning or significance of this photo?


14 posted on 02/18/2020 8:28:08 AM PST by Paradox (Don't call them mainstream, there is nothing mainstream about the MSM.)
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To: Paradox

The person on the right is Robert Runcie, Broward County school superintendent and the person on the left is Scott Israel, the county sheriff. The two men whose policies and/or actions were a great deal responsible for the tragedy that happened two years earlier around this time. And certainly the dropping enrollment in Broward schools continues to say a lot about Runcie himself.


15 posted on 02/18/2020 8:41:34 AM PST by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966)
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To: Moonman62
thousands of students have left for charter schools.

I don't know but am thinking there is a clue in there somewhere.

16 posted on 02/18/2020 9:16:14 AM PST by bgill
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To: PGR88

Taxes won’t go down, either.

Why: Pensions and health bennies.


17 posted on 02/18/2020 9:23:25 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: Moonman62

In some states, teachers unions have forced through laws that say the closed school building cannot be sold to a private school or charter school.


18 posted on 02/18/2020 9:26:10 AM PST by PapaBear3625 ("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
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To: mewzilla
And then there's this from last summer....

Broward school repair program soars to $436 million over budget

Holy merde.

19 posted on 02/18/2020 9:26:47 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: OttawaFreeper

Thanks for the info. Broward is a liberal sh*thole. Makes total sense.


20 posted on 02/18/2020 11:04:01 AM PST by Paradox (Don't call them mainstream, there is nothing mainstream about the MSM.)
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