In response to student enrollment decreases that prompted budget concerns, Broward School Board members voted Wednesday to close six schools.
SCHOOL CLOSURES
Through agenda item MM-1, the school board voted to close Sunshine Elementary School, at 7737 La Salle Boulevard, in Miramar, and transfer Sunshine students to Fairway Elementary School, at 7850 Fairway Boulevard, also in Miramar.
There were also several changes for elementary school students in Pembroke Pines.
Through agenda item MM-2, the school board voted to close Panther Run Elementary School, at 801 NW 172 Ave., and transfer students to Chapel Trail Elementary School, at 19595 Taft St., and Silver Palms Elementary School, at 1209 NW 155th Ave.
Through item MM-3, the school board voted to repurpose Palm Cove Elementary School, at 11601 Washington St., and transfer students to Lakeside Elementary School, at 900 NW 136th Ave., and Pines Lakes Elementary School, at 10300 Johnson St.
The changes will also impact elementary and high school students in Fort Lauderdale.
Through item MM-4, the school board also voted to close North Fork Elementary School, at 101 NW 15 Ave., and transfer students to four elementary schools: Croissant Park, at 1800 SW 4 Ave.; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., at 591 NW 31st Ave.; Thurgood Marshall, at 800 NW 13th St.; and Walker, at 1001 NW 4 St.
Through item MM-10, the school board also voted to “reconfigure” Thurgood Marshall Elementary School as a birth through 5th-grade early learning center.
Through item MM-11, the school board voted to close Seagull Alternative High School, at 425 SW 28 St., in Fort Lauderdale, and transfer students to Whiddon-Rogers Education Center, at 700 SW 26 St.
There were also changes in Plantation. Through item MM-6, the school board voted to close Plantation Middle School, at 6600 West Sunrise Boulevard, and transfer students to Plantation High School, at 6901 NW 16 St.