With thousands fewer students enrolled in South Florida schools, public schools are grappling with the shrinking budgets—threatening teacher pay, advanced programs, and student services—as the Miami Dade School Boards is set to discuss the district’s troubling decline in enrollment at a meeting on Wednesday.

The dramatic drop is sparking concerns for school boards in Miami-Dade and Broward County.

Miami-Dade County Public Schools are reporting nearly 12,000 fewer students, this year compared to last.

This year’s numbers reflect a staggering 236,519 in student enrollment while the previous record was 248,949 students.

A decline in enrollment threatens the future of our schools and students’ next phases of life as Advanced Placement (AP) classes and study abroad programs will likely dimi

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