Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) College Academy @ Broward College student Jared Rosen will spend his summer studying Chinese in China. Jared was awarded the National Security Language Initiative for Youth scholarship by the U.S. Department of State. The NSLI-Y program provides merit-based scholarships for eligible high school students to learn less commonly taught languages in overseas immersion programs. Overseas study [...]

Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) and the Federation of Public Employees (FOPE) have been diligently working on a joint initiative to identify and train hundreds of employees throughout the District who perform facilities work at school and District office locations. Employees were required to attend safety classes such as Lockout/Tagout; Asbestos Awareness and a series of specific courses, which are [...]

Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) and the Broward Teacher’s Union (BTU) reached an agreement to award additional compensation to teachers at each of the District’s Priority and Focus or Differentiated Accountability (DA) schools as defined by the Florida Department of Education (all schools with a school grade of D, DD, DDD, and F). The agreement culminates six consecutive months of [...]

  The Pablo Malco Foundation (PMF), in partnership with The Achievables Character Education Program, are collaborating to bring The Achievables Education Musical Show to eight Title One Broward County elementary schools next fall. PMF, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the education and development of dance, music and the arts with a specific focus on serving under privileged and at-risk children, [...]

Yesterday, the Legislature issued its Final Budget Conference Report. We appreciate that the Legislature provides more than $1 billion for K-12 education in the State of Florida. Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) share of the increase is approximately $93 million, as claimed by the Legislature. However, the Legislature has already earmarked more than 82% of the additional funding towards categories [...]

Cypress Bay High School senior William D. Giraldo of Weston and Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School senior Harrison J. Schwartz, are among the first seniors who have earned a 2013 National Merit Scholarship. They are part of the first group of winners awarded scholarships this year financed by businesses. The National Merit Scholarship Corporation recently made the announcement. “These students [...]

Coral Glades High School senior Ronald Laracuente has been named a semifinalist academic scholar for the highly prestigious 2013 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. Ronald is among the over 3,000 candidates who were selected in January for their exceptional performance on either the College Board SAT or the ACT Assessment. Consideration was also given to students’ essays, self-assessments, description of activities, [...]

Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) has entered into a collaborative partnership with Innovations for Learning (IFL), an Illinois-based nonprofit organization, to implement a new literacy program that harnesses the power of teachers, tutors, and technology to deliver classroom instruction to 120 kindergarten and first grade classrooms. The new innovative learning model will impact approximately 2,160 students beginning in August 2013. [...]

Broward County Public Schools has opened its student reassignment application window for the 2013/14 school year. Applications will be accepted beginning May 1 through June 15, 2013. This is an opportunity for parents or guardians to apply for a reassignment for their child to attend a school other than the school assigned to their home address, if space is available. [...]

Parents and/or guardians of students currently in grades 5 or 8 during the 2012/13 are required to re-register their child(ren) for the 2013/14 school year. To re-register, parents and/or guardians need to present four documents to the school the students will attend. This process change is a result to a change in School Board Policy 5000.1: Step 1: Provide two [...]