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Howard Hepburn became the sixth person in three years to hold the title of Broward schools superintendent.

(CNN) — A Florida judge on Wednesday ruled to allow reenactments of the 2018 mass shooting inside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School’s 1200 building as part of a civil lawsuit

Peter Licata is now the superintendent of Broward Schools, with less money and job protection than he had negotiated. He’ll also have to move from Boynton Beach to Broward County within a year, under a provision added to his contract during a three-hour meeting Tuesday morning. Licata, who was hired on June 15, is leaving his job as a longtime administrator for Palm Beach County schools. ...

Four years after he stopped leading Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Ty Thompson has been a principal without a school. Thompson was moved out as principal of Stoneman Douglas in June 2019, a year after the mass shooting at the Parkland school that brought his leadership skills into question. Since then, he has kept the title of principal as well as the corresponding salary — currently ...

After Deputy Scot Peterson was acquitted on all charges Thursday over the Parkland shooting, the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas building in which it took place is set to be demolished.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The justice system no longer has a need to preserve the 1200 building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, which has remained standing for five years as a reminder of the Parkland mass shooting that destroyed many families. Now come the summer preparations for this fenced-off site to finally be demolished. The 1200 building is where a shooter murdered 17 students and ...

After a year of turmoil, Broward schools got some good news this week in the area that matters most — student achievement. Results from the new Florida Assessment of Student Thinking, or FAST, show that Broward students showed impressive growth during the school year, and the district even surpassed neighboring Palm Beach County in overall results. “We are on cloud nine, because our students, ...

Broward County Public Schools Superintendent Peter Licata will have to continue to wait for school board members to vote on his contract agreement.

On a day when the Broward County School Board was supposed to approve the contract of the incoming superintendent, the board could not proceed with the meeting...

Peter Licata beat out two Black candidates to become the next Broward County Public Schools superintendent. He was selected by school board members last week after a series of lengthy