Contact 5 investigator Michael Buczyner examines why Palm Beach County school enrollment has dipped and what concerns district officials have as brick-and-mortar schools prepare to reopen.
NEW THIS MORNING.
ENROLLMENTNUMBERS FROM THE PALM BEACHCOUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTÃSHOWA DROP OF MORE THAN 5-THOUSAND STUDENTS FROM LASTYEAR.
CONTACT 5 INVESTIGATORMICHAEL BUCZYNER LOOKS AT WHYIT'S SPARKING CONCERN ABOUTPOSSIBLE FUNDING ISSUES ANDJOB CUTS.12:40:13: ERICA:“WE ARE JUSTREALLY HOPEFUL THAT MORESTUDENTS WILL COME BACK TO THESCHOOL SYSTEM ONCE THEY FEELSECURE” PALM BEACH COUNTYSCHOOL BOARD MEMBER ERICAWHITFIELD IS BANKING ON THATRETURN..
AS NEW NUMBERS FROMTHE DISTRICT SHOW ENROLLMENTDOWN BY MORE THAN 54-HUNDREDSTUDENTSÃCOMPARED TO THESAME TIME LAST YEAR.
THAT ADDSUP TO NEARLY 40-MILLIODOLLARS IN STATE FUNDING.
SOT12:35:13: M/B ERICA:“WHATHAPPENS WITHOUT THIS FUNDING”“ITOF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGETGOES TO PAYING SALARIES”JOBS..
LIKE LEMUN FIELDS&JUNIOR..
HE'S A FATHER OF FIAND HUSBAND.
SOT 11:56:57:FIELDS:“I HAVE TO PRAY ALOT” SOT MB S/U:“FIELDS IS ACUSTODIAL FOREPERSON AT THISLOXAHATCHEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLAND UNION BOARD MEMBER.
HETOLD CONTACT 5 THAT HECONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THE DROPIN ENROLLMENT COULD MEAN FORHIM AND HIS COLLEAGUES” SOT11:59:23: FIELDS:“YOUTALKING ABOUT OUR LIVELIHOIF THAT BUDGET ISNTHE DISTRICTPREPARING..
ALREADY BUILDINGUP A 42-MILLION DOLLAR RESERVEAND A 17- MILLION DOLLARBUDGET REDUCTION EARLIER THISYEAR.
THE DISTRICT IS ALSOHOPEFUL THAT A STATEWIDEEMERGENCY ORDER WILL KEEP THEFUNDING IN PLACE BASED ONENROLLMENT FORECASTS.
SOT12:36:13: ERICA:“THERECHILDREN WHO WE HAVE YET TOFIND.
THEY HAVE NOT REGISTERIN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND WEHOPING MONDAY WHEN THE SCHOOLSYSTEM IS FULLY OPEN FORBRICKS AND MORTAR THAT SOME OFTHEM WILL COME BACK TO US” INPALM BEACH COUNTYÃMB- WPTV,NEWS CHANNEL 5
Palm Beach County community leaders came together Wednesday its first “State of Hunger” town hall discussion.
Palm Beach County restaurants can move to 100 percent seating capacity as of Tuesday evening, according to county officials.
