Category: Broward Schools
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Broward Schools whistleblower alleges bid rigging
By William Hladky
FloridaBulldog.org
Administrators at the Broward County School District “rigged” bidding procedures to ensure that Jacobs Project Management Company would receive a multi-million dollar contract to manage $800 million in capital projects that voters agreed to finance, according to a district whistleblower. -
Weston teacher faces discipline for alleged slur to Muslim student
By Ann Henson Feltgen
FloridaBulldog.org
A Cypress Bay High School French teacher could lose her job after allegedly calling a Muslim student a “rag-head Taliban.” -
Broward Schools construction program woes cloud vote on $800 million bond issue
By William Gjebre
BrowardBulldog.org
Three years after a scathing grand jury report about the Broward school district’s construction program, community activists are raising concerns about the management of future construction projects should voters approve an $800 million public schools bond issue in November. -
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Ex-U.S. Rep. Deutsch stirs the pot in Hollywood; New school plans upset neighbors
By William Gjebre
BrowardBulldog.org
Five weeks after receiving approval for a middle-senior high school in Hollywood, Ben Gamla charter school officials are exploring “substantive” changes to the project, sparking renewed controversy. -
Peter Deutsch’s Ben Gamla charter schools win nod for new Hollywood high/middle school
By William Gjebre
BrowardBulldog.org
Update: Dec. 20 – Former U.S. Representative Peter Deutsch won conditional approval early Friday morning from a key Hollywood board to build a controversial Ben Gamla middle and senior charter high school in a traffic congested neighborhood near City Hall. -
Ex-U.S. Rep. Peter Deutsch lives half-a-world away as millions flow to his Ben Gamla schools
By William Gjebre
BrowardBulldog.org
Peter Deutsch, the driving force behind South Florida’s controversial Ben Gamla charter schools, is a six-term former Democratic congressman with a unique status: he lives more than 6,000 miles away in Israel as an expatriate. Even so, Deutsch’s Ben Gamla schools have racked up hefty public funding: more than $10 million for nearly 1,800 students last school year alone.
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