FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — In response to student enrollment decreases that prompted budget concerns, Broward School Board members voted Wednesday to close six schools.
During a regular public meeting that continued well into the evening, the school board members considered Superintendent Howard Hepburn‘s plan to close seven schools and change some boundaries
“We have to reduce our footprint because we have fewer students. It has nothing to do with how amazing our students are,” Debra Hixon, one of two countywide school board members, said during the meeting…