{"id":366863,"date":"2026-08-09T14:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T14:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/366863\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T14:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T14:16:10","slug":"broward-county-preparing-for-start-of-new-school-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/366863\/","title":{"rendered":"Broward County preparing for start of new school year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0August 9, 2026 at 9:35 AM<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla.  \u2014 The countdown is on before the start of a new school year, and Broward County Public Schools are gearing up. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Superintendent Howard Hepburn says he\u2019s ready for classes to begin on Monday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re excited to welcome all our students back,\u201d he said. \u201cOur teachers are already back. They\u2019re preparing classrooms and readying themselves to welcome their students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The school district continues to face dwindling numbers in student enrollment, which means less funding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">School leaders say specialized curriculum will make a difference, including the space and aviation technology program at Miramar High School.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">When it comes to food offerings, nearly 150 district schools are qualified for free meals, and families at remaining schools can apply for reduced lunches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWe had a surplus amount of money because of grants we received from COVID, and then we were able to have all of our students eat for free,\u201d said Elizabeth Seeley with Broward County Public Schools. \u201cBut that surplus is now down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Even though full lunch prices will increase by $1 at all grade levels, all students can still enjoy breakfast for free.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWe are a very large district, and we have a lot of students, and all of them have different likes and dislikes and we want to be sure we\u2019re offering a wide variety,\u201d said Seeley. <\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Linnie Supall\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/author-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/CANLLYSXDJBXDMDOXMBEIDTX.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Linnie Supall<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Linnie Supall is an Emmy nominated and award-winning journalist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0August 9, 2026 at 9:35 AM HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. \u2014 The countdown is on before the start of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":366864,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-366863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}