BCPS CanDoBetter

Students, parents and teachers have the right to hold BCPS to the highest standard. Power in numbers. Undivided. Our children, our future.

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Everything that is wrong with teacher unions is summarized in this short video.

@EducationFL @GovRonDeSantis @StasiKamoutsas

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@smtravis @browardschools Range is 10-25%.
Most teachers got less than 5%.
Top heavy admin is one of BCPS’s Achilles heels.

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This was clear to most parents as early as Summer ‘20. And the people that did this, like Robert Runcie @chiefsforchange , @ReverendRos , @BrowardTeachers , and others on the @sbbc here at @browardschools, will never be held accountable.

[Brian Sullivan @SullyCNBC]

Big new annual report on kids shows "decades of lost progress" due learning loss during - and even after - Covid.

Math & reading scores keep falling.

Many kids just simply stopped going to school, with nearly 15 million "chronically absent" even post-Covid in 2022.

This while tens of billions of the 2021 "reopen schools" money still hasn't been spent.

Tough but necessary read.

Keep in mind that no western nation kept kids out of school nearly as long as we did. Most not even close.

Tough but necessary read.

We owe so much to making it up to the kids.

2024 KIDS COUNT Data Book - The Annie E. Casey Foundation (https://t.co/Lmk18cvyNx)

[BCPS CanDoBetter @BCPSCanDoBetter]

@hbbtruth @nancy_gemma @smtravis @nathalie_lynch @Susannah_Bryan @BrittanyWallman @CGreenbarg @ReOpenChris @adamrherman @dwightyoakamfan @hatzelvela @RedBroward @FrogCapital_ @newschica Why not a FL based program that doesn’t cost 60K + travel expenses?

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@hbbtruth @CGreenbarg @nathalie_lynch @RedBroward @FrogNews @rpetty @ReOpenChris @adamrherman @BrowardUncensor @Voice4TheKids @gwardhome @FLORIDAGRADY @Sticknstones4 Imagine: someone, somewhere said “having people in the pre-function room is too distracting.”

They should be so concerned about the fiscal train wreck that is BCPS.

Sell KCW. Pocket the cash. Cut admin. Move to a repurposed school. Pay teachers more. Save BCPS.

[David Bruce Smith @hbbtruth]

@BCPSCanDoBetter @RedBroward @adamrherman @ReOpenChris @CGreenbarg @nathalie_lynch @FrogNews @rpetty @hatzelvela @dwightyoakamfan @ChipLaMarca @BrowardUncensor @FLORIDAGRADY @Voice4TheKids Here's Sunday's @WPLGLocal10 This Week In South Florida/#TWISF intrvu b/w show anchor @GlennaWPLG + #BCPS Supt. Howard Hepburn, re thr plan to deal w/reality of huge decrease in # of #Broward students.
My POV? No sacred cows!
@ToreyAlston @DanFoganholi https://t.co/Qw7BCmoyNV

[David Bruce Smith @hbbtruth]

@BCPSCanDoBetter @RedBroward @adamrherman @ReOpenChris @CGreenbarg @nathalie_lynch @FrogNews @rpetty @hatzelvela @dwightyoakamfan @ChipLaMarca @BrowardUncensor
@FLORIDAGRADY @Voice4TheKids
👇My My Feb. 22 post re #Broward schools on chopping block. Updating Wed.! Me, I'm OK closing majority Black/White/Jewish/Eastern/Older schools IF it makes financial/policy $enSe.
No sacred cows!
https://t.co/dKZTDOI6fN

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@hbbtruth @Johnjsully @RedBroward @adamrherman @ReOpenChris The disfunction is real with @browardschools. Zeman wants 60 schools closed (laughable). They need to close about 42 (can’t sell it). In the end it will be zero.
Why? Politics.
The death spiral continues as does the exodus, but they point the finger outwards.

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@browardschools enrollment only declines when there are better options elsewhere. Watch. Learn. Copy. Repeat.

[60 Minutes @60Minutes]

For 17 years, St. Mary’s has had a 100% graduation rate and a 100% college acceptance rate. The all-girls private school has no entry tests, just high expectations and strict rules. https://t.co/fpMtGwntYn

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@browardschools @SuptlicataP this is what repurpose could look like. @sbbc

[Chris Koerner @mhp_guy]

This is insane. A new high school outside Dallas dedicated 1/3 of their floor space to entrepreneurship.

The 1st floor is a mall, where 15+ local businesses set up shop so students can be mentored, apply for jobs & learn how to run a biz.

There's also a:

- recording studio
- photo studio
- makerspace innovation lab
- coding lab
- eSports lab
- 10,000 square foot theatre
- 7,000 seat arena

The on site businesses get a cheaper lease if they mentor students.

Floors 2-3 have normal HS classes

The school is becoming a template for other schools and is called Opportunity Central.

Better yet, this school cost a whopping $100 million LESS than a normal new high school.

The superintendent sounds like a hero. Imagine if more administrators had common sense like this:

You can be the most knowledgeable veterinarian in the world but if you can’t run the veterinary hospital and the business side to it, you’re not going to be very successful long-term.

This makes me proud to live in Texas. Would love to see this become more common.

I want to be a part of this somehow.

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🤯

[Torey Alston @ToreyAlston]

⁦@browardschools⁩ - now it’s clear why board members didn’t want the public to see this sign? 🤭🧐 Keep peeling the onion back!

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Good thing we voted for that 1/2 bump in mileage. Shocked to hear of allegations of noncompliance. 🙄

[Frog Capital @FrogNews]

A massive @browardschools story getting little coverage because it might put egg all over the face of the union.
@EducationFL sent a letter telling the district to pay charter schools $90m as required by law.
The union already spent this money on raises for teachers.
oops.

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@ReverendRos and @RuncieWRobert , what say you?

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@dadelta @smtravis @browardschools @ToreyAlston The voters of Broward County doubled the mileage rate tax to increase teacher pay. Not sure who “everyone” is you are referring to.

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@hbbtruth @JeremyRedfernFL @RedBroward @TomBevanRCP @EdMorrissey @alexanderrusso @scarlett4kids @LCPSDoBetter @FFXParentsAssoc @MackenzieMays Judd Oct ‘21: Re LCPS assault:
“Instead, the reality of the case has been manipulated and exploited for political purposes.”

Judd Mar ‘24: Re PRE Act:
Manipulate and exploit the reality of the case for political purposes.

🙄 #cap much.

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One heck of a report card @browardschools .
👏👏👏👏

https://t.co/TT4vn2rPx2

[Scott Travis @smtravis]

This is an interesting @browardschools presentation. Complete with a flashy toxic waste graphic to describe district culture & photos of a volunteer’s arrest & a neglected school building. It’s from advisory groups, not district staff for a Wed workshop. https://t.co/68z94deFWK

[David Bruce Smith @hbbtruth]

@nathalie_lynch @ToreyAlston @RedBroward @FrogNews @CGreenbarg @dwightyoakamfan @BCPSCanDoBetter @ReOpenChris @BrowardPAE @adamrherman @Voice4TheKids @HatzelVelaWPLG @ChipLaMarca @Dannielle_Garci Thoughts re tonight's important #Broward Schools outreach mtg. @FlanaganHS re #BCPS Supt. Licata's plan to close 5 schools/sell property within a year, with 3 in SE Broward on the prospective chopping block because they are LESS than 70% capacity.
https://t.co/dKZTDOI6fN

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@RedBroward @browardschools

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@hbbtruth @dm1661 @nathalie_lynch @ToreyAlston @RedBroward @FrogNews @CGreenbarg @dwightyoakamfan @ReOpenChris @BrowardPAE @adamrherman @Voice4TheKids @HatzelVelaWPLG @ChipLaMarca @Dannielle_Garci BCPS does not have a budget problem. They have a spending problem. (Ex. $600M+ over budget for SMART bond) Right size schools, right size Admin, will be plenty of $$ for teachers. Change to merit based pay and get kids reading, writing, and doing math. Everyone wins.

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Dear @browardschools ,
We are all for most types of inclusion and stopping bullying, but do we really need another day where we turn kids into activists?
How about a global day of math, reading, or writing since barely 50% can do it at grade level. @EducationFL @CommMannyDiazJr