It has been a year since Vickie L. Cartwright became interim superintendent of Broward County Public Schools. In February, the school board gave her the job permanently.
Cartwright, who earned a doctorate from the University of Southern Mississippi, took over as superintendent as the measures to stop the spread of COVID-19 disrupted students’ learning.
Cartwright said students’ progress in the subjects of mathematics, science, and English remains her focus.
“By honing in on that and really setting the bar high, we know that our students will rise to those expectations,” Cartwright said.
Preparing for the new school year means focusing on the schools that need improvements.
The Florida Department of Education gave Broward County Public Schools a “B” rating in early July after 45% of traditional public schools remained or improved to an “A” rating and 55% remained or improved to an “A” or “B” rating.
SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS
Cartwright said surveillance cameras at schools are geocoded so that the Broward Sheriff’s Office knows what is happening.
Students from sixth grade to 12th grade will be subjected to random screenings with handheld metal detectors.
The schools are also getting rid of the emergency code systems and teachers and students will be learning procedures for “HOLD,” “SECURE,” “LOCKDOWN,” “EVACUATE” and “SHELTER.”
“Rather than using colors, we literally just say the words hold and they know exactly what they should be doing at that point,” Cartwright said.
FINDING TEACHERS
Making improvements amid a nationwide shortage of teachers is challenging. BCPS has dozens of openings to fill. Cartwright said Florida ranks as one of the states with the lowest funding for teachers’ pay.
“People just don’t want to go into education anymore,” Cartwright said.
New Florida laws related to race and sexual identity could also be dissuading some teachers to step into classrooms.
“There are some teachers that are very nervous about that,” Cartwright said adding, “I want them focused on the curriculum. I want them to be focused on the content that they should be teaching.”
Cartwright said teachers who are members of the LGBTQ+ community need to know they are members of the BCPS family.
“We don’t want you to feel any different,” Cartwright said.
SCHOOL GRADES IN NEED OF IMPROVEMENT
Two schools had the lowest grade. There were four schools with a “D,” 66 schools with a “C” and 14 with an incomplete grade.
Schools with “F” grade
List of four schools with a “D” grade
List of 66 shools with “C” grade
List of 14 schools with Incomplete grade
Related link: View the BCPS grades
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Cartwright, who earned a doctorate from the University of Southern Mississippi, took over as superintendent as the measures to stop the spread of COVID-19 disrupted students’ learning.
Cartwright said students’ progress in the subjects of mathematics, science, and English remains her focus.
“By honing in on that and really setting the bar high, we know that our students will rise to those expectations,” Cartwright said.
Preparing for the new school year means focusing on the schools that need improvements.
The Florida Department of Education gave Broward County Public Schools a “B” rating in early July after 45% of traditional public schools remained or improved to an “A” rating and 55% remained or improved to an “A” or “B” rating.
SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS
Cartwright said surveillance cameras at schools are geocoded so that the Broward Sheriff’s Office knows what is happening.
Students from sixth grade to 12th grade will be subjected to random screenings with handheld metal detectors.
The schools are also getting rid of the emergency code systems and teachers and students will be learning procedures for “HOLD,” “SECURE,” “LOCKDOWN,” “EVACUATE” and “SHELTER.”
“Rather than using colors, we literally just say the words hold and they know exactly what they should be doing at that point,” Cartwright said.
FINDING TEACHERS
Making improvements amid a nationwide shortage of teachers is challenging. BCPS has dozens of openings to fill. Cartwright said Florida ranks as one of the states with the lowest funding for teachers’ pay.
“People just don’t want to go into education anymore,” Cartwright said.
New Florida laws related to race and sexual identity could also be dissuading some teachers to step into classrooms.
“There are some teachers that are very nervous about that,” Cartwright said adding, “I want them focused on the curriculum. I want them to be focused on the content that they should be teaching.”
Cartwright said teachers who are members of the LGBTQ+ community need to know they are members of the BCPS family.
“We don’t want you to feel any different,” Cartwright said.
SCHOOL GRADES IN NEED OF IMPROVEMENT
Two schools had the lowest grade. There were four schools with a “D,” 66 schools with a “C” and 14 with an incomplete grade.
Schools with “F” grade
List of four schools with a “D” grade
- Plantation Middle,
- Walker Elementary
- Westwood Heights Elementary
- King, Dr. Martin Luther, Montessori Academy
List of 66 shools with “C” grade
- Apollo Middle
- Atlantic West Elementary
- Attucks Middle
- Bair Middle
- Bennett Elementary
- Blanche Ely High
- Coral Springs Pre K - 8
- Cypress Elementary
- Davie Elementary
- Deerfield Beach Elementary
- Deerfield Beach Middle
- Deerfield Park Elementary
- Dillard 6-12
- Dillard Elementary
- Drew, Charles Elementary
- Driftwood Elementary
- Driftwood Middle
- Fairway Elementary
- Hallandale Magnet High
- Hollywood Central Elementary
- Larkdale Elementary
- Lauderhill 6-12
- Lauderhill Paul Turner Elementary.
- Liberty Elementary
- Lloyd Estates Elementary
- Margate Middle
- Markham, C. Robert Elementary
- McArthur High
- McNicol Middle Magnet
- Meadowbrook Elementary
- Miramar High
- Morrow Elementary
- New Renaissance Middle
- New River Middle
- North Lauderdale Pre K - 8
- North Side Elementary
- Northeast High
- Orange Brook Elementary
- Oriole Elementary
- Palm Cove Elementary
- Park Ridge Elementary
- Parkside Elementary
- Pembroke Pines Elementary
- Pines Lakes Elementary
- Pines Middle
- Piper High
- Plantation High
- Pompano Beach Middle
- Quiet Waters Elementary
- Rickards, James S. Middle
- Riverland Elementary
- Rock Island Elementary
- Royal Palm STEM Museum Magnet
- Sanders Park Elementary Magnet
- Seminole Middle
- Silver Lakes Middle
- South Plantation High
- Stephen Foster Elementary
- Stranahan High
- Sunrise Middle
- Taravella High
- Tedder Elementary
- Village Elementary
- West Hollywood Elementary
- Westpine Middle
- William Dandy Middle
List of 14 schools with Incomplete grade
- Anderson, Boyd H. High: It was a “C” from 2015 to 2019.
- Coral Springs High: It was a “C” from 2016 to 2019.
- Coconut Creek High: It was a “C” in 2019.
- Crystal Lake Middle: It was a “C” from 2011 to 2019.
- Deerfield Beach High: It was a “C” from 2016 to 2019.
- Gulfstream Academy of Hallandale Beach K - 8: It was a “B” in 2019.
- Hollywood Hills High: It was a “C” from 2016 to 2019.
- Lauderdale Lakes Middle: It was a “C” from 2017 to 2019.
- Monarch High: It was a “B” in 2019 and a “C” in 2018.
- Nova Middle
- Pioneer Middle
- Parkway Middle
- Pasadena Lakes Elementary
- Sawgrass Springs Middle
Related link: View the BCPS grades
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