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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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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.
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A roof collapse at James S. Rickards Middle School in Oakland Park has prompted Broward Schools to close off the media centers and some classrooms at four other identically built middle schools. Superintendent Robert Runcie told the School Board on Wednesday that he’s ordered safety inspections at Apollo Middle in Hollywood, Plantation Middle, Lauderdale Lakes Middle and Lauderhill 6-12. The ...