BCPS holds community discussions over under-enrolled schools NBC 6 South Florida [Video]

Broward County Public Schools has been weighing the decision to close or repurpose several under-enrolled schools for more than a year. And the district is looking to move the conversation forward by getting input from the community. 

The first of eight meetings to be held all over the county was underway Monday night at Dillard High School. And perhaps unlike the town halls held last school year on the same topic, the school district thinks these meetings will really be a chance for the public to have their say and to be heard. 

“We hope that the community provides some ideas that we haven’t thought about,” Superintendent Dr. Howard Hepburn said. 

The format was designed to get people talking to each other, with parents, grandparents, teachers and concerned citizens seated at round tables instead of auditorium seats.

“I feel that instead of closing those schools, they should find a way …