Scott Travis
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@SunSentinel reporter. 2023 Journalist of the Year for @spjfla and FSNE. Part of 2019 #Pulitzer-winning team. Proud @SS_Guild member. DMs open.
Delray Beach, FL
Joined September 2008
A roof collapse at Rickards Middle School became a symbol of the many problems with construction in @Browardschools, and a project to rebuild the school has done little to restore confidence.
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The Rickards gymnasium, one of two large buildings planned for the campus, has received a red tag, or an order requiring any work to stop, due to inspection issues.
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Charter school operators seek to share many campuses in South Florida. Story updated with Broward numbers.
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South Florida schools are generating a lot of interest from charter schools that want to share space.
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Charter school operators seek to share 46 Palm Beach campuses.
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South Florida schools are generating a lot of interest from charter schools that want to share space.
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This was surprising. @DuvalSchools, like many districts & govt agencies, has a portal to submit public records requests. But unlike others, it charges $7 service fee. When did service fees qualify as allowable charges? They're usually limited to copying & extensive staff time.
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A lot of tension at @browardschools Board meeting over employee discipline. Many firings and suspensions were on agenda today & union groups say recommendations were capricious or overly harsh. Most were postponed for further review. Here’s a resolution from employee groups.
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Broward legislators seek to blunt Schools of Hope charter school law
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School districts expect to get many applications this week from charter school providers who want to operate schools of hope. The program created concern and confusion statewide.
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.@browardschools Board meets today with local legislators. Meeting starts now. https://t.co/v9rZ9S4dMx
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Live Stream: Wednesday, October 6, 2021 | 10 a.m.
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Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide – Sun Sentinel
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Justices turned away an appeal from a former Kentucky court clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples after the high court’s 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges.
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New charter school law steals from our children's futures, @Robin_Bartleman writes.
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State Rep. Robin Bartleman writes that a new charter school expansion will mean charters taking up space in traditional public schools without having to pay rent, utilities, custodial staff and mor…
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The Sun Sentinel Guild is working toward our first contract with our employer, Alden Global Capital. We are negotiating for a fair contract so that we can keep covering our community well! Please consider signing our petition: https://t.co/66mA1PWdyS
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The journalists of the South Florida Sun Sentinel are engaged in a fight with their owner for fair treatment, livable wages and the chance to continue effectively covering our community. Tribune...
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Broward schools superintendent aces first yearly evaluation.
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The eight Broward School Board members who filled out the evaluations rated Superintendent Howard Hepburn as highly effective, the top score available.
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'We blew this." Broward School Board terminates $2.6 million office rental lease.
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Broward School Board members said Tuesday they made a bad decision, and got bad information from district staff, when they approved a five-year lease agreement on June 17.
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Whenever @browardschools talk about trying to overhaul, or DOGE as some call it, advisory groups, things get heated. Here’s @BrowardESEad Chair Jacqui Luscombe today. Someone in audience (not Jacqui) calls @Johnjsully a liar, angering Chair Debbi Hixon.
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.@BrowardSchools to reconsider a $2.6 million office rental contract on Tuesday, amid concerns the school district faces major budget cuts and has plenty of extra space in school buildings.
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A special meeting is scheduled for 4 p.m. Tuesday to vote on whether to rescind a five-year agreement the Broward School Board approved June 17 with Handy, a nonprofit group.
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Broward schools end "Smart Bond" program, weigh new referendum.
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The end of the SMART program won’t stop Broward schools from finishing more than 100 projects still under construction, officials say. They just won’t be called SMART projects.
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I spoke Friday on @WLRN radio about the effort by charter schools to move into traditional public school campuses. You can catch the discussion, which also features traditional school advocate Crystal Etienne, at the link. https://t.co/oLfxMHl6E3
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On this episode of The South Florida Roundup, we tried try to understand why and how charter schools can literally move into public schools like South Florida’s — and enjoy public school resources…...
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.@browardschools have agreed to pay $2.6 million over the next five years to rent space in an office building for 75 employees, despite the district facing severe budget cuts and having plenty of room at underenrolled schools.
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The Broward school district’s decision to rent office space, rather than use its own, could hurt its efforts to limit charter schools from occupying empty space in its schools.
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.@HowardHepburn says there are no “immediate” plans for layoffs despite @browardschools needing to make some gigantic cuts.
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Congressional members seek to save Latinos in Action in Broward
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Four Democratic U.S. representatives who represent Broward reject an assertion by the federal government that Latinos in Action discriminates against non-Latino students.
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