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BRIEF: Emotions raw between school board members after contentious meeting over future of Roosevelt program
The Palm Beach PostSome Palm Beach County School Board members are incensed after they say they were left in the dark by Superintendent Wayne Gent and board vice-chairwoman Debra Robinson about a project to put an all-boys academy at the Roosevelt Full Service Center. A...Tags: Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), West Palm Beach
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BRIEF: School board urged to open all-boys leadership academy at Roosevelt Full-Service Center
The Palm Beach PostMore than a dozen speakers -- including a West Palm Beach commissioner and the leader of the local NAACP chapter -- urged the Palm Beach County School Board on Wednesday to move ahead with plans to open an all-boys middle school choice academy at the...Tags: NAACP, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), West Palm Beach
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BRIEF: PB County school board OKs how boundaries are changed when schools overcrowded
The Palm Beach PostThe Palm Beach County School Board on Wednesday unanimously approved changes to its student assignment policy that governs how boundary changes are made when schools are overcrowded. The changes create a warning system for parents when schools start...Tags: Wellington, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), West Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Boynton Beach
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BRIEF: Speakers pan school board plan to merger police force with Sheriff's Office
The Palm Beach PostNearly two dozen black residents, students and community leaders Wednesday night protested the Palm Beach County School Board's decision to explore a county Sheriff's Office takeover of the school police force, claiming deputies would "criminalize"...Tags: Ric Bradshaw, Students, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), West Palm Beach, Teaching and Learning
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Community rejects change in school policing, moving all-male academy
Dozens of community members poured into the Palm Beach County School Board meeting Wednesday in opposition to having the Sheriff's Office take over school policing duties. The School Board agreed to ask the Sheriff's Officer to make a presentation...Tags: Students, Riviera Beach, Teaching and Learning
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BRIEF: School board votes again to seek proposal from sheriff to take over district police department
The Palm Beach PostFor the second time in three years, the Palm Beach County School Board is taking a look at merging its school police force with the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office. The board, in a surprise move, on Wednesday took an informal vote to ask the sheriff'...Tags: Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office
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Political fight erupts over national school standards
The high-caliber schools attracted Kristin Matheny and her family to Weston. Now she may not send her kids to public school when they reach school age. Similar worries are being voiced in Palm Beach County. "A lot of people are very concerned," said...
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BRIEF: Doctor, family of North Palm Beach man injured in 2008 school bus crash plead with legislature to sign claims bill
The Palm Beach PostState lawmakers have the life of a 72-year-old North Palm Beach man in their hands, his doctor told them this week. Carl Abbott desperately needs the $1.9 million the Palm Beach County School Board agreed to pay him when he was run over by a school...Tags: Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), West Palm Beach, North Palm Beach, Don Gaetz
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Palm Beach County schools settle with feds on immigrant policies
Palm Beach County schools have agreed to be more welcoming to immigrant children whose families may not have all the paperwork needed to enroll in school. The district also will take steps to try to ensure students with limited English skills aren't...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Students, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Immigration, Labor Legislation
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Palm Beach County School Board delays selection of Inspector General finalists
South Florida Schools | Sun Sentinel blogsPlans are still on track for Palm Beach County schools to gets its first corruption watchdog. Or are they? Pressed for time Wednesday, the School Board called for a one-week postponement of its planned selection of finalists for the new position of... -
Palm Beach school board backs new anti-testing resolution, agrees there is an “over-reliance” on standardized tests
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelThe Palm Beach County School Board has joined a new, national push to scale back standardized testing. The board voted today today to join the national group, which is urging a “time out from testing” and for states and the federal... -
Palm Beach County School Board weighs choices for superintendent
South Florida Schools | Sun Sentinel blogsPlans to use a scorecard to rate the 24 applicants for Palm Beach County schools superintendent didn’t go too smoothly, says School Board Vice Chairwoman Debra Robinson. She had hoped a community group would have been able to rank the strongest...
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