Fla. City Will Open Its Own Charter Schools

Crowded schools are a fact of life in booming Broward County, Fla.

But one of the sprawling county's nearly 30 municipalities hopes to ease its classroom shortage by opening its own charter schools in August.

The Broward County school board earlier this year unanimously approved a charter for the city of Pembroke Pines, population 105,000. And while the city holds the charter, it is working with a private development company that will have a hand in everything from building the schools...

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