By Sheri-kae McLeod
(Source Caribbean Nationaly Weekly)
Broward County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Howard Hepburn has formally recommended 11 changes to school attendance area boundaries and school usage for the 2026–27 school year, including multiple school consolidations, boundary shifts, and campus reconfigurations.
In a memo dated December 12, 2025, and addressed to School Board members, Hepburn said the recommendations are based on staff reviews of boundary considerations, community input, deliberations by the School Boundary Advisory Committee, and discussions held during the School Board workshop on December 8, 2025.
Among the proposed changes are the consolidation of several elementary and middle schools, with affected campuses transitioning to other district uses. Sunshine Elementary School would be consolidated into Fairway Elementary School, while Panther Run Elementary School would be consolidated into Chapel Trail Elementary School and Silver Palms Elementary School. Palm Cove Elementary School would be consolidated into Lakeside Elementary School and Pines Lakes Elementary School.
North Fork Elementary School would be consolidated into Croissant Park Elementary School, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School, Thurgood Marshall Elementary School, and Walker Elementary School. The North Fork campus would also be transitioned to another use.
At the secondary level, the superintendent recommends consolidating Plantation Middle School into Plantation High School and reconfiguring Plantation High as a sixth- through 12th-grade school. Bair Middle School would be consolidated into Westpine Middle School, with both middle school campuses transitioning to other district uses.
Several boundary shifts are also proposed. Students currently assigned to Walter C. Young Middle School west of Interstate 75 would be reassigned to Silver Trail Middle School beginning in the 2026–27 school year. Portions of the Charles W. Flanagan High School boundary west of Interstate 75 would shift to West Broward High School.
In the southern part of the county, students living west of Interstate 95 who are currently assigned to Hallandale High School would instead attend Miramar High School. Under the proposal, Hallandale High School would transition to a four-day-week magnet school, following the model used at Pompano Beach High School.
Additional recommendations include reconfiguring Thurgood Marshall Elementary School into a birth-through-fifth-grade early learning center and consolidating Seagull Alternative High School into the Whiddon-Rogers Education Center.
Hepburn noted that all other school attendance boundaries and school usage would remain unchanged for the 2026–27 school year or would follow previously approved grade phase-ins. Final rulemaking on the proposed changes is scheduled for the Broward County School Board’s regular meeting on January 21, 2026.
Parents and community members seeking additional information were directed to contact Joseph Beck, director of Demographics and Enrollment Planning, at (754) 321-2565
