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Broward's superintendent recommends closing 10 schools, including two in Hollywood
Empty seats are driving Broward's closure plan
- 61,000
- empty seats districtwide
- $430 million
- less in the district's $3.5 billion budget
- $10 million
- in yearly savings from last year's six closures
- 17
- schools closed in three years if the 10 are approved
Source: WLRN
If you have a child at Oakridge or Sheridan Park elementary, this one's for you. Superintendent Howard Hepburn is recommending that Broward close seven elementary schools and three middle schools in 2027-28, and both Hollywood schools are on the list.
- Oakridge Elementary students would move to Colbert Elementary
- Sheridan Park students: Boulevard Heights, Driftwood and Hollywood Park elementaries
- Who decides: the nine-member School Board, by majority vote
The Miami Herald reports that district staff added an option to close 26 schools after the board voted down a motion on Oct. 13 that would have limited talks to 10. Hepburn isn't recommending it.
Board member Allen Zeman pushed for 26 closures at Wednesday's workshop, while the Broward Teachers Union's secretary, Lialiana Ruedo, urged the board to stop closing schools.
The School Board votes on the closures Dec. 15
- Oct. 13School Board voted down a motion that would have limited discussion to 10 schools.
- Nov. 4School Board held a workshop on which schools to close.
- Dec. 15School Board vote on the 10 closures is scheduled.
Sources: WLRN, Miami Herald
