Broward County School Board

The board voted to cement their decision to fire the district's superintendent, just one week before four of the members will be replaced by new members.

Vickie Cartwright was fired in the wake of a grand jury report on the school shooting after a late-night surprise motion by a board member appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Broward Schools chief Vickie Cartwright's job was on the line during a tense, hours-long meeting on Tuesday. But the school board decided to spare her — and give her 90 days to show improvement.

She called on Gov. Ron DeSantis to work with her members to help students, rather than trying to "divide parents and teachers" through what she says are divisive and damaging policies.

The superintendent of Broward County Public Schools didn't join the district until months after a grand jury finished its work. But as the fallout around the grand jury's report continues, the chair of the state Board of Education is suggesting she should be suspended.

The superintendent of Broward County Public Schools is defending her response to the statewide grand jury report that led to the ouster of four school board members and three district administrators.

DeSantis allies and appointees are replacing longtime incumbents on the Miami-Dade and Broward County School Boards — positioning them to advance conservative policy priorities in some of the state's most Democratic-leaning counties.

On this week's Florida Roundup, we discuss how voting rights groups have been highly critical of Florida’s new state election investigation office, look ahead to the Artemis launch, and other topics.

Four new members of the Broward County School Board were sworn in, after Gov. Ron DeSantis removed their predecessors on the recommendation of a statewide grand jury. It's a stunning transformation in one of the state's most Democratic-leaning counties.

Gov. Ron DeSantis has removed four Broward County School Board members from office, citing the findings of a statewide grand jury launched in the aftermath of the 2018 Parkland shooting. DeSantis has now appointed a majority of the school board members in one of the state's most Democratic-leaning counties.

The long-awaited report said the board members displayed “deceit, malfeasance, misfeasance, neglect of duty and incompetence” in their handling of a campus safety program. One of them, Donna Korn, is running for re-election in Tuesday's primary.

Broward County School Board member Lori Alhadeff won her seat after her daughter was killed during the Parkland shooting.