The School Board of Broward County, Florida
5 meetings on our record, all with unconfirmed dates. Past year: — · 251,408 students · 9 members on our roster
- Newest meeting we have
- none with a confirmed date yet · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)
Also on the board: Sarah Leonardi, Chair · Jeff Holness, Vice Chair
Recent meetings
Meetings whose dates aren't confirmed yet
Board meetingBroward board reviews school consolidation options ahead of scheduled December voteSchool closuresVouchers and school choice
Play 5:42
Board meetingSchool board approves extension with 2 dissenting votesSpeakers: Jeff Holness, Maura McCarthy Bulman, Rebecca Thompson, Adam Cervera and 2 more
Play 22:07
Board meetingBroward school board adopts final 2026-27 budget of $4,663,820,338 on 6-2 voteSchool closuresSpeakers: Sarah Leonardi, Jeff Holness, Maura McCarthy Bulman, Rebecca Thompson and 2 more
Play 2:35:40
Board meetingBroward school board approves item 1 on the DEFP as amendedSchool closuresSpeakers: Jeff Holness, Maura McCarthy Bulman, Rebecca Thompson, Lori Alhadeff and 2 more
Play 2:05:13
The board
Who talks on this board
Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 0 board meetings, last 12 months · talk time only, never tone or stance
Minutes = time we heard them speak per meeting, from the speech we have named so far, so each is a floor: at least that much.
Runs the meeting
Sarah LeonardiChair · District 3 · runs the meeting, not ranked—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart
Members · listed by seat
Allen ZemanBoard member · Countywide At-Large Seat 8 · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked
Debra HixonBoard member · Countywide At-Large Seat 9 · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked
Maura McCarthy BulmanBoard member · District 1 · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked
Rebecca ThompsonBoard member · District 2 · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked
Lori AlhadeffBoard member · District 4 · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked
Jeff HolnessVice Chair · District 5 · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked
Adam CerveraBoard member · District 6 · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked
Nora RupertBoard member · District 7 · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked
Minutes speaking per full board meeting held while seated; a meeting they missed or stayed silent in counts as zero · bar = minutes named so far · talk time only, never tone or stance · Hamlet
Meetings on our record
All 5 meetings on our recordClips
What board members said
This is a real change as well. It is not just a grammatical or wordsmithing kind of change. I would suggest we delete the words insofar as possible. I think when students miss, they are not attending school, parents should be contacted each time.Allen ZemanBoard member · The School Board of Broward County, FloridaWatch the full meeting from 43:11
Is there a number that you would So I would say $20,000 for what you're asking, but I would still like to ask the superintendent to send us the list of consultants on a monthly basis, all of them, so that we have that information available if we're interested in it.
Debra HixonBoard member · The School Board of Broward County, FloridaWatch the full meeting from 23:42I am a little bit of a budget guy. The school board doesn't really provide anything to the school district. We allocate resources, but we don't provide resources. …
Allen ZemanBoard member · The School Board of Broward County, FloridaWatch the full meeting from 35:37Remember, I was— sorry, I brought this forth like probably 2 years ago now, and we've discussed it as a board several times, that our employees, especially our teachers and school-based, there's a need for a baby to age 3 because it's super expensive.
Nora RupertBoard member · The School Board of Broward County, FloridaWatch the full meeting from 23:57
Federal district ID 1200180 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district