#School Districts

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The Broward County School Board voted unanimously Wednesday afternoon to make the use of masks mandatory for the start of the school year. “The one thing that we know that has helped us is a mask,” said Broward School Board Chair Dr. Rosalind Osgood. For the second consecutive day, there was fiery debate on the use of masks at the board’s headquarters in Fort Lauderdale. Initially, the district was poised to make mask-wearing voluntary, but after the CDC recommended masks for grades K through 12 on Tuesday, most board members agreed that caution was necessary. “Mask gives us something that minimizes...

Schools didn't have enough teachers before the pandemic, and now the shortage has only gotten worse as teachers resign, retire or leave the career all together.

Back-to-school season is almost here, but what will this school year look like? Here's a look at what each district has planned.

School districts already in the midst of forming back-to-school policies now have new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to confer.