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Broward school officials outline options as Bear and West Pine face capacity mismatch
Summary
Broward County Public Schools officials told the Sunrise City Commission they are studying ways to ‘redefine’ neighborhood schools after losing roughly 10,000 students in a single year, citing major funding impacts and pointing to Bear and West Pine middle schools as under-enrolled with excess capacity. The district will hold a central‑region community meeting Nov. 6; no final board action is expected until January.
Broward County Public Schools officials briefed the Sunrise City Commission on the district’s “redefining our schools” process, saying officials are weighing programmatic and configuration options to address steep enrollment losses and associated revenue declines.
Valerie Wanda, chief strategy and information officer for Broward County Public Schools, told the commission the district lost about 10,000 students from last school year to this one, an enrollment shortfall the district estimates reduced state funding by roughly $90 million for the year and nearly $300 million over a decade. She said Bear Middle and West Pine Middle have far fewer students than seats (Bear about 646 students vs. roughly…
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