By Marc Freeman May 3, 2012 12:51 PM Plans are still on track for Palm Beach County schools to welcome a new corruption watchdog. Or are they? Pressed for time Wednesday, the School Board called for a one-week postponement of its planned selection of finalists for the new position of inspector general. The board agenda [...]
Palm Beach County School Board delays selection of Inspector General finalists
May 6, 2012 Leave a Comment
Bosh’s board blues: ‘Been thinking about it too much’
March 29, 2012 Leave a Comment
Chris Bosh works for rebounding position earlier this month against 76ers forward Elton Brand. (Howard Smith, U.S. Presswire) (March 28, 2012) MIAMI— Chris Bosh was talking rebounding after Wednesday’s practice at AmericanAirlines Arena, so that was a start. Words, of course, are merely words, or as Erik Spoelstra said moments earlier of his team’s overall [...]
Broward School Board considers $12,000 parking deal
March 19, 2012 Leave a Comment
By Cara Fitzpatrick March 19, 2012 11:37 AM The Broward School Board is considering renting 200 parking spaces from a church during construction on a three-story addition at Cooper City High. The cost? $ 1,500 per month. Construction is expected to go through December, making the total tab about $ 12,000. (The district wouldn’t rent [...]
Maureen Dinnen won’t seek re-election to Broward School Board
February 22, 2012 Leave a Comment
Maureen Dinnen, a two-term member of the Broward School Board, won’t seek re-election this fall. Dinnen made the announcement during the board meeting Wednesday, saying she wants to pursue a “fourth career” in her 70s. Dinnen said she began thinking about her future when she turned 70 about a year and a half ago. She [...]
Broward School Board, keep your tweets, texts
February 14, 2012 Leave a Comment
By Cara Fitzpatrick February 13, 2012 11:50 AM My colleague, Andy Reid, wrote a story a week ago saying that government officials have to keep records of all social media used in their public position. That means tweets, Facebook status updates, text messages. On Tuesday, the Broward School Board is going to talk about updating [...]
Students want more say on Board of Governors
January 18, 2012 Leave a Comment
By Scott Travis January 18, 2012 12:50 PM Some students say the board that oversees Florida’s public universities doesn’t represent them. A group called the Florida Alliance for Student Action is protesting outside the Board of Governors meetings in Tallahassee Wednesday and Thursday. The alliance, made up of students at universities throughout the state, say [...]
Palm Beach County School Board weighs choices for superintendent
January 17, 2012 Leave a Comment
Plans to use a scorecard to rate the 24 applicants for Palm Beach County schools superintendent didn’t go too smoothly, says School Board Vice Chairwoman Debra Robinson. She had hoped a community group would have been able to rank the strongest candidates based on a set of more than 30 factors, on a system called [...]
Palm Beach County board members sniping at each other
December 20, 2011 Leave a Comment
By Marc Freeman December 20, 2011 10:30 AM The members of the Palm Beach County School Board haven’t been playing nice this holiday season. Tensions first exploded last week when Vice Chairwoman Debra Robinson was rebuked for scheduling a public meeting in the boardroom without first getting the approval of her board colleagues. But that [...]
Broward School Board: Fewer meetings?
December 13, 2011 Leave a Comment
As I reported last week, Superintendent Robert Runcie wants to have fewer School Board meetings. No big deal, right? Well, that depends on your perspective. Board member Nora Rupert is concerned that fewer meetings will mean less transparency for the public. Earlier this year, the School Board opened up public comment at board workshops (previously [...]