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FCATs and homework, budget cuts and college costs — we’ll cover it at South Florida Schools. Our focus is education, from kindergarten to college campuses, in Broward and Palm Beach counties. MARC FREEMAN covers all aspects of K-12 education in Palm Beach County. He has worked at the Sun Sentinel since 2003… < More > SCOTT [...]
By Marc Freeman August 20, 2012 12:05 PM The first day of school in Palm Beach County? “Nothing out of the ordinary,” reports Superintendent Wayne Gent. He should know, after paying visits to 15 schools by 11 a.m., and getting updates from various administrators. “So far it looks very good,” Gent said while leaving Galaxy [...]
By Marc Freeman August 20, 2012 12:05 PM The first day of school in Palm Beach County? “Nothing out of the ordinary,” reports Superintendent Wayne Gent. He should know, after paying visits to 15 schools by 11 a.m., and getting updates from various administrators. “So far it looks very good,” Gent said while leaving Galaxy [...]
The Palm Beach County Classroom Teachers Association today endorsed Constance Jones for superintendent, ahead of the School Board’s interviews with the three finalists on Wednesday afternoon. The union, which represents 12,000 teachers in labor matters, cited Jones’ successes as chief academic officer of Lee County public schools and her background as an educator. “She seems [...]
Palm Beach County schools’ temporary Superintendent Wayne Gent today picked up two key endorsements to remain in the job permanently. The unions representing Palm Beach County school secretaries, bus drivers and maintenance workers today endorsed Gent, complicating matters for the School Board. Earlier today, the teachers union also “welcomed” the idea of keeping Gent (pictured, [...]
By Marc Freeman January 6, 2012 12:49 PM A former top-ranking Palm Beach County schools administrator is close to making her way back to district headquarters as an $ 8,000 per month consultant. Ann Killets, a highly-regarded educator who retired in January 2011 from the position of chief learning officer, would begin work Feb. 1 [...]
As we reported Monday, Broward Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie has moved quickly in his first month on the job to make some changes to the district’s top leadership. He wants to hire a public information officer and a director of transportation. (Those are both vacant positions.) He decided last month to keep Tom Lindner as [...]
By Cara Fitzpatrick October 3, 2011 01:17 PM UPDATE: The Broward School Board will offer its new superintendent $ 268,000 a year in base salary along with other perks like a $ 900 car allowance and a $ 500 a month expense allowance. Under the proposed contract, Robert Runcie also would receive up to $ [...]
By Rafael Olmeda June 7, 2011 12:33 PM Donnie Carter Donnie Carter got the job after all. The Broward School District’s chief operations officer applied to become the interim superintendent last month, then had to humbly (sheepishly?) withdraw his candidacy when he realized a master’s degree was listed as a job requirement. Carter’s got two [...]
Former Palm Beach County Schools Superintendent Art Johnson earned more than the state’s education commissioner, the chancellor of the state university system and all of Florida’s Supreme Court justices. He made more than the Senate president and the House speaker combined. He even out-earned the governor. As leader of the nation’s 11th-largest school district, Johnson [...]
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