a.k.a. Elementary School C, is the stage being set for Jennifer
Gottlieb and Ann Murray, both running for re-election next year,
to come to the rescue, or for them to be shown as ineffectual,
once again?
I know which side of the equation I'd bet on.
This issue comes before the Hollywood City Commission at 6 p.m.
tonight.
Excerpt from http://www.hollywoodfl.org/
6:00 PM
24. R-2009-392 -
Resolution - A Resolution Of The City Commission Of The City Of Hollywood,
Florida, Approving And Authorizing The Appropriate City Officials To Execute
The Attached Second Amendment To The Lease Agreement Between The
School Board Of Broward County And The City Of Hollywood For The Property
Known As Lincoln Park. Staff: Director Of Parking And Intergovernmental Affairs
QUASI-JUDICIAL ITEMS
(Rules of Procedure Attached to Agenda)
6:00 PM
25. R-2009-393 -
Resolution - A Resolution Of The City Commission Of The City Of Hollywood,
Florida, Approving An Amendment Of Concurrency Notation On The "Lincoln
Park/Elementary School "C" Plat", Revising The Restrictive Note On The Plat
From A 110,506 Square Foot Public Elementary School And An Existing 3.51
Acre Park To A 110,506 Square Foot Public Pre-Kindergarten To 8th Grade
School And An Existing 4.7 Acre Park, To Reflect The Proposed Uses Thereon.
(P-10-01) Staff: Director Of Public Utilities
Logically, South Florida TV stations should send someone
to cover this story and then head over to Hallandale Beach
for the contentious vote on the Diplomat Country Club,
but I suspect that Hollywood will get the coverage and HB
will once again get zero.
I'll take photos of any reporters I see and recognize -if any.
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South Florida Sun-Sentinel
www.sun-sentinel.com/news/
School Board, Hollywood differ over school
City wants more seats than board approves
By Akilah Johnson, Sun Sentinel
December 15, 2009
Hollywood Commissioner Heidi O'Sheehan warned the School Board on Tuesday that it may have a fight on its hands because it isn't providing the city enough seats in a new Montessori magnet school opening next fall.
At first, Elementary School C, at Lincoln Street and 24th Avenue, was going to be a traditional neighborhood school serving students in the Lincoln Park area. Now the magnet school will educate students in kindergarten through eighth grade; students must apply to attend the school and live south of Interstate 595.
Hollywood is the landlord. The School Board amended its lease with Hollywood on Tuesday, changing the school's grade levels and program model. But the board didn't approve the city's request for more seats.
Hollywood is getting space for 150 children who live there. The capacity of the new school will be about 750 students.
"What we're asking for is a very reasonable — higher — number of choice seats," O'Sheehan told the board. "We're asking for half."
Who attends the school — and how many attend it — are the school's most critical issues, said Steve Welsch, president of the Hollywood Council of Civic Associations.
"Not only is this fair to the residents of Hollywood, it also addresses some of the traffic and safety issues resulting from school bus congestion," Welsch wrote in a letter to the city.
But the school attendance area is an issue better dealt with during the district's annual school boundary review, not from the dais, board members said.
Board member Ann Murray, who represents Hollywood, said the competitive, high-end new school could be a draw for students to attend traditional schools
Hollywood also wants to set 3:30 p.m. as the start time for the city to use the park after school lets out. That request also was rejected, in favor of no definite time.
If the School Board and the city don't resolve their differences soon, O'Sheehan said, the situation could deteriorate to "a contentious battle."
The city is set to amend its part of the lease agreement Wednesday. Welsh asked Hollywood to reject the lease if the board didn't agree with the changes the city wants.
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Broward Beat
Witch Hunt Against Broward Principal Fails
By Buddy Nevins
Imagine working for 35 years as a teacher, assistant principal and principal.
Then right before you retire, you are called in front of the school cops. You are told you are being investigated.
You are ordered not to talk about the investigation. The cops refuse to tell you what you are being investigated for.
It was the start of a 22 month-long nightmare for Rebecca Dahl, former principal at Sunrise Middle School, that ended just weeks ago.
North Korea? East Germany? Cuba?
No, this Kafkaesque scene was the work of the Broward County Schools Special Investigative Unit – the school cops.
Read the rest of the story at:http://www.browardbeat.com/
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http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/educationblog/2009/12/former_principal_gets_apology.html
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
South Florida Schools education blog
Former principal gets apology from Broward School Board
by Kathy Bushouse on December 15, 2009
