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Residents raise school enrollment concerns; city manager says school board will vote April 15 on reassignment priority
Summary
Several Coral Springs residents used the public comment period on April 2 to press the commission about declining school enrollment; City Manager Catherine Givens said Broward County Public Schools will vote April 15 on a policy change to allow reassignment priority for students in reboundered areas.
Several Coral Springs residents used the public‑comment period on April 2 to press the City Commission about underenrollment in local public schools and to ask the city to advocate more forcefully with Broward County Public Schools.
Nicole Morst, a Coral Springs resident, told commissioners that of the city’s 19 public schools, three were above 90 percent capacity while 10 were under 75 percent; she said Coral Springs Elementary was at 47 percent capacity. Morst warned that declining enrollment can lead districts to close or consolidate schools and urged the commission to keep pressure on…
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