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Two years after a roof collapse caused students and teachers to scramble for safety, a middle school in Broward County is getting major upgrades.
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Timeline: Broward County schools have thus far failed deliver on promises made in the bond referendum approved by voters in 2014.
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When a roof collapsed last year at Rickards Middle School in Oakland Park, a grand jury saw it as a visual symbol of everything wrong with Broward’s $800 million school renovation bond program. The construction program — approved by voters in 2014 — has been years behind schedule and more than $500 million over budget largely because of roofs, according to an April 2021 report by a statewide grand jury that was publicly released Friday.
Vickie Cartwright is making one of her first big moves as Broward’s new schools superintendent, appointing two seasoned administrators to fill two new top-level positions.
On April 25, 1979, the roof of the media center at Apollo Middle School collapsed after a major rainstorm.