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• Broward school bus service still a problem?

  Broward County schools have been in session for seven weeks now, so the school bus nightmare should be over by now, right?

  Unfortunately, no, according to some parents. While there doesn’t seem to be the massive amount of problems affecting thousands of problems that plagued the district in the first few [...]

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• Blog: Broward addresses school transportation issues

  This from education reporter Karen Yi who has been at the Broward School Board meeting.

  10:00 a.m. EDT, September 19, 2012

  The Broward School Board meeting is underway. Here's what they're talking about now.

  Check SunSentinel.com for continuous updates.

  11:10 a.m.: The board will not vote on a plan for a new GPS' [...]

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• Want to track your child's bus through GPS? Keep waiting.

  A plan to buy a new GPS system that would allow the Broward school transportation department, and eventually parents, to track school buses will likely be delayed a few weeks.

  District officials said earlier this month a proposal would be on the agenda for Wednesday’s meeting. Maurice Woods, the district’s chief [...]

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• Live blogging from Palm Beach School Board

  Education reporter Karen Yi is at the Palm Beach County School Board, where board members are discussing legislative priorities and other matters.

  Check out her blog here.

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• UF, FSU improve in the U.S. News rankings

  The new U.S. News and World Report college rankings are out, and there’s good news for Florida’s public universities.

  Although none made the top 50, the state’s four highest ranked public universities – the University of Florida, Florida State University, the University of South Florida and the University of Central Florida [...]

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• Bus union members protest at School Board meeting

  Embattled School Transportation Director Chester Tindall will be gone for at least six to eight weeks for medical leave and it's unclear whether he will stay in the job after that.

  Tindall spoke briefly to the School Board to apologize for botched bus service that has plagued the district since the' [...]

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• Bus union members protest at School Board meeting

  If two weeks of botched bus service isn't bad enough, many are finding the heated rhetoric between Broward School District management and union representatives equally troublesome.

  Representatives of two employee unions spoke Wednesday morning, pleading with management to stop what they see as nasty attacks toward bus drivers and transportation members.

  About' [...]

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