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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 ...

Investigation: The South Florida Sun Sentinel found that about two-thirds of Broward school district elevators — 162 out of 236 — failed to have a 2022 certificate of occupancy, as of April 30. This means either they haven’t been inspected in more than a year or their last inspection resulted in violations that have yet to be fixed.