The Broward school board is considering nearly three dozen schools for the second phase of a project to repurpose and close under-enrolled district schools.

At Tuesday's school board workshop, members discussed the potential impacts of adding the 34 schools to the list of the multi-phase plan called 'Redefining Our Schools' intended to mitigate the district’s chronic under-enrollment problem.

It involves adding new programs, combining schools, boundary adjustments, school closures and repurposing school sites.

" To remain financially stable and strong for the future, we must rightsize our district. That means some difficult decisions will be necessary, including school closures," said Broward Superintendent Howard Hepburn.

In the first phase of the redefining project, one elementary

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