Broward County’s financially struggling school district at one point floated closing more than 30 public schools, but on Wednesday night the axe came down on only six.
A seventh was spared, thanks to the efforts of parents, students, the City of Sunrise and a kid dressed as a bear.
At Wednesday’s meeting, where hours were spent debating budget constraints for high school graduation ceremonies, the cash-strapped school board also voted to close six underenrolled schools to save money: Sunshine Elementary School in Miramar, Panther Run Elementary School in Pembroke Pines, Palm Cove Elementary School in Pembroke Pines, North Fork Elementary School in Fort Lauderdale, Plantation Middle School in Plantation and Seagull Alternative High School in Fort Lauderdale. The board also voted to change boundaries for three schools and convert an elementary school into a birth through fifth-grade early learning center…