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This will be the School Board’s second major shakeup in three months. In late August, Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended and replaced four long-time School Board members after the release of a grand jury report that found widespread mismanagement in the district.

Four of the nine Broward School Board members will be replaced after the Nov. 8 elections. But everyone agreed improvements are needed.

The Wyoming Department of Health is in the progress of reorienting its priority populations in the mental health sector. The department director Stefan Johansson said this reform was needed as the financial support for behavioral health continues to grow. Wyoming Public Radio’s Kamila Kudelska asked Johansson how the state decided reforming mental health was needed.

Broward Schools Superintendent Vickie Cartwright has said it’s a top priority to fill the long-vacant position of chief facilities officer, but the effort has been mired in multiple controversies.

There are 23 School Board candidates; the Herald emailed a questionnaire to all but one (Aaron Waterman did not respond to a phone voice-message requesting his email address). Of those, 20 responded, and their answers are below.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Broward County high school student desperately needed a working elevator so he could maneuver his wheelchair up to his third-floor classes.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- A Broward County high school student desperately needed a working elevator so he could maneuver his wheelchair up to his third-floor classes. But Samuel Vogel, a senior at Pompano Beach High, often found himself stuck because the school’s only elevator was routinely out of order. “The elevator constantly breaks down, meaning it won’t work or won’t close properly,” he ...

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