Natalie La Roche Pietri
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Palm Beach County Schools pursues salary freeze for staff, eliminates 1,200 positions (opens the original)
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In negotiations with the teachers’ union, Palm Beach County Schools Superintendent Mike Burke made the “difficult decision” to recommend a salary freeze for all teachers and employees for the current school year. Facing a revenue shortfall of $60 million as a result of losing nearly 6,000 students this school year, the district eliminated 1,200 roles and implemented a hiring freeze. Staff in those roles were mostly reassigned to other positions. Still, layoffs were inevitable, the superintendent
To earn Florida Bright Futures, students will need to capture higher test scores next year (opens the original)
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High school studetns graduating in 2028 will have to achieve higher test scores to qualify for the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship. Funded by the Florida Lottery, the state scholarship has helped more than 1 million students attend college, according to the agency website, and has funneled more than $9.3 billion to Bright Futures. The Florida Academic Scholarship, which covers 100% tuition at any Florida university, now requires a student earn a score of 1350 on the SAT, the entrance exam use
New report shows 12,300 enrollment decline for Broward schools, larger than first-day count (opens the original)
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As the School Board of Broward County works towards a decision on what schools will face closures, a new count shows an even larger drop in the number of students enrolled than had been registered on the first day of school. The most recent official enrollment count, taken on Sept. 14, recorded 12,300 less students districtwide than last year, including losses in charter schools. It's a slightly larger drop than a first-day count in August, which had indicated about 11,000 less students enrolled
FIU Adam Smith Center welcomes conservative global leaders for fall semester (opens the original)
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Government leaders from around the world recently joined Florida International University as fellows at the school’s conservative think tank. The Adam Smith Center for Economic Freedom welcomed five fellows for the fall semester. They include former U.K Prime Minister Liz Truss and Dominik Tarczyński, a right-wing Polish politician and member of the European Parliament. Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago is also in the cohort. "Each cohort brings a frontline perspective to our classrooms: lessons fro
Coral Springs school could be renamed after the late Nancy Metayer (opens the original)
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A middle school in Coral Springs might soon be named after the late Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer. Metayer was a prominent Florida Democratic Party leader, an environmental scientist and a champion for environmental justice and disaster relief across the state. She was the city's first Black and Haitian American female commissioner. She was found dead in her home in March. Her husband was charged with murder in the first degree for the crime and tampering with physical evidence. He has pleaded not gu
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