Forest Glen Middle School and Coral Springs Elementary School Recommended for Closure

by David Volz November 10, 2026

by David Volz November 10, 2026 2 minutes read

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Coral Springs Will Spend $88,000 on Tennis Court Renovations at Forest Glen Middle School

Forest Glen Middle School in Coral Springs FL.

Coral Springs residents can expect to lose two Broward County Public Schools campuses.

On November 5, Superintendent Howard Hepburn issued a memo with his final recommendation to close ten schools during the 2027-2028 school year because of low enrollment on their campuses and across the district.

The School Board is expected to make a final decision on Hepburn’s recommendation to transition Forest Glen Middle School into Coral Springs Middle School. According to the memo, the Forest Glen Middle School campus will be transitioned to another use.

Hepburn said the decision was based on staff’s review of boundary considerations, community input, deliberation by the School Boundary Advisory Committee, and School Board discussion at the November 4, 2026, School Board Workshop.

This follows many meetings and community events where parents, students, teachers, and community activists marshaled support to keep Forest Glen Middle and Coral Springs Elementary open.

During a September 14 meeting at Coral Springs High School, school board members and public school officials listened to pleas from students, parents, and teachers to keep Forest Glen open.

During the meeting, several parents suggested that a music-oriented school might increase enrollment. Forest Glen is an A school, but at the beginning of the 2026-2027 academic year, the school had about 730 students on a campus designed for about 1,600, according to district information.

The entire district is also under-enrolled, and school board member Allen Zeman has advocated closing 26 schools during recent board meetings.

Coral Springs leaders want Coral Springs Elementary to remain open. Jennifer Levi, an incoming commissioner, said she knows Coral Springs and Forest Glen are underenrolled, but they are important to the community.

She proposed a school within a school at Coral Springs Elementary to serve autistic students. “I want to establish partnerships with the public schools in our city,” said Levi.

The Forest Glen Middle School PTO will hold a rally to save the school on Friday, November 13, at 3:45 p.m., on Wiles Road by the school.

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David Volz

David Volz has worked as a writer in South Florida for 35 years. He has written for the Sun-Sentinel, Hollywood Gazette, School Transportation News, South Dade News Leaders, Observer among others. He has an MA in Communications from Florida Atlantic University and a BA in Communications from Valparaiso University. Volz teaches Communications at Miami Dade College and Palm Beach State College. He lives in Coral Springs and enjoys running and participating in 5Ks and half-marathons.