By Staff Writer June 7, 2012 02:55 PM By Karla Bowsher The Broward school district is now accepting applications for South Florida’s first public military academy. School starts in August for the academy’s first class of freshmen — but teenagers with academic or behavioral problems need not apply.The co-ed Hollywood Hills High School Military Academy [...]
Applications up at Broward’s magnet schools
March 9, 2012 Leave a Comment
We wrote a couple months ago about how tough it can be for parents to get their children into the top public schools in Broward County. (Read that story here.) The school district has 13 wait-listed programs, including Pompano Beach High, Wilton Manors Elementary and two Montessori schools: Virginia Shuman Young Elementary in Fort Lauderdale [...]
FAU medical school sees surge in applications
February 13, 2012 Leave a Comment
By Scott Travis February 13, 2012 03:07 PM If student interest is any indication, Florida Atlantic University’s new medical school won’t suffer a sophomore slump. FAU’s College of Medicine opened on FAU’s Boca Raton this August, and received an impressive 1,500 applications for 64 slots. This year, applications have doubled to nearly 3,000 for the [...]
Palm Beach County superintendent applications under review
January 9, 2012 Leave a Comment
By Marc Freeman January 9, 2012 05:30 PM The final tally of applicants for Palm Beach County schools superintendent is complete and there are 25 candidates now up for consideration. The School Board initially announced 24 qualified applications, with six judged incomplete by Friday’s deadline. My story about the process appeared in Sunday’s newspaper. But [...]