Primary Election Victory: Laurie Rich Levinson was the top vote getter in the August 24th election and won by almost ten percent! There will be a runoff election against the incumbent on November 2nd, where Laurie will ultimately win the School Board District 6 seat!  Please continue to tell everyone you know about Laurie's campaign and urge them to get involved!  There is still more work to do.  If you are interested in hosting an event, walking door to door, making phone calls, or have other suggestions for the campaign, please email the campaign at electlaurierichlevinson@gmail.com or... More

RESTORING THE ARTS, MUSIC, MEDIA, P.E., AND OTHER ELECTIVES TO PROTECT A WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATION FOR OUR CHILDREN: As many concerned parents, students, and educators know, the arts, physical education, music, media, and other electives are being cut in Broward County Public Schools. Without these programs, our schools will not be able to help foster and develop our children's creativity, imagination, health, and overall well being. Laurie wants to restore the arts, music, media, and physical education for our schools because she knows how crucial they are to our children’s... More

Sun Sentinel: Construction moves ahead at 10 Broward schools with 25% empty desks: At Lauderdale Manors Elementary School in Fort Lauderdale, 47 percent of the classroom seats are empty. Yet the Broward County School District is spending $7 million to demolish and rebuild 15 classrooms at the 55-year-old school. Blanche Ely High School in Pompano Beach has 1,401 empty desks, but is in the midst of construction on a $17 million, three-story classroom building and is due for a $7.5 million regional athletic facility. And work will start soon on a $23.7 million replacement of Parkway Middle School in Fort Lauderdale, which currently has 502 empty desks. The Broward School Board has set aside more than $133 million for work on 10 schools where at least 25 percent of the school's capacity sits unused -- even though the district expects enrollment to continue dropping, as it has for the past four years. In the next three years, it expects to have more than 34,800 empty desks, compared to 19,252 today. The vacant seats are mostly in the northeastern and... More