Carrying the endorsement of Governor DeSantis, Megan Wright defeated two-term District 1 seat Misty Belford by more than 20 points in her race for Brevard County School Board.

One of the most tense Brevard County school board meetings in recent years, parents and family members demonstrated against the district’s transgender guidelines, which in 2021 read that all students were allowed to dress, access bathrooms and locker rooms and play sports consistent with their gender identity.

An Orlando judge dismissed a lawsuit by the Brevard chapter of Moms for Liberty and four Brevard parents who said the School Board and Brevard Public Schools discriminated against conservative parents who criticized the board with its public speaker policy, according to News 6 partner Florida Today.

School Board Chair Misty Belford and member Katye Campbell brought up the possibility during a candidate debate last week when asked how to tackle BPS’ budget challenges.

At Tuesday's School Board meeting, members passed new boundaries for some district schools, while some parents criticized an upcoming staff training as "extreme leftist" and a bus driver plead for higher wages to offset a driver shortage crisis.

Picking up Capeview Elementary students after their first day of the semester, some families expressed concern while others expressed no concern about kids and the Omicron variant.

Brevard County Schools employees and students will now have the full week of Thanksgiving off after the school board approved the change Wednesday.

Brevard County Public Schools updated the district’s mask policy on Tuesday night.

Parents can now opt their children from wearing a mask at Brevard County Public Schools, the district announced Friday.

The mask battle with the Florida Department of Education is expected to come up at tonight’s school board meeting, according to Brevard Public School Board Chair Misty Belford.

Officials at Brevard County schools are still ordering students to wear face coverings, now the Florida Department of Education is prepared to penalize the district.

The Brevard County School Board voted Tuesday 3-2 in favor of transitioning to a policy that would give parents the choice to opt-out their children from the districtwide mask mandate.

The Brevard County School Board will meet Tuesday to discuss its mask mandate.

Brevard County school board member Jennifer Jenkins said the district's mask mandate and the change in contact tracing from six feet to three feet reduced quarantines by the thousands.

In a letter to Brevard Public Schools, the state education commissioner announced the school district is under investigation for its COVID-19 mask mandate, which does not currently allow students to opt out with a parent note.

A Brevard County School board member used Parrish Medical COVID-19 hospitalization data to misrepresent the true situation, the hospital system's CEO says.

The Brevard County School Board voted 3-2 to institute a 30-day mask policy at an emergency meeting Monday morning.

After a six-hour meeting Tuesday night following the first day of school, the Brevard County school board is keeping masks optional for students and staff.

The Brevard Public Schools superintendent said students and employees will still see some of the same practices as last year.

Brevard Public Schools announced it would make a one-time payment of $1,000 to all of its employees following a year that “brought unique challenges” due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – The Brevard County school board will discuss a proposal to create a policy on how district schools can change the name of mascots. The next meeting discussing the mascot change is Thursday night. The school board reported that a new survey of students suggests most of them don’t want to change the mascot. At a school board meeting Tuesday night, Susin addressed board members. School board Chair Misty Belford and school board member Jennifer Jenkins raised their concerns about making a mascot policy.

VIERA, Fla. Thirteen days before Brevard County students start school, Brevard Public Schools continues its conversation about masks. In a district workshop Tuesday morning, school board member Matt Susin responded to what he said were those who do not plan to wear masks in schools. Were making this policy so that we can stay in school.Public schools in Brevard County reopened Monday for teachers. The school board is asking more students to get a ride to school if they can. The school board is scheduled to formally adopt requiring masks for most students and staff with a vote at its meeting Tuesday night.

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. Brevard County School District is requiring all students and staff to wear masks when they return to school on Aug. 24. Im here today to ask you to prohibit masks during class instruction for both teachers and students, the parent said. The school board held a work session on Thursday. Belford said if students don't comply with the mask mandate, school officials would treat it like a dress code violation. If a school closes because we dont have the right parts in place, then we are going to negatively impact our economy, negatively impact our children, negatively impact our workforce, Susan said.

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. Local school district and teachers union representatives say a new state order requiring public schools to physically open in August likely will not impact Brevard Countys school reopening plan, News 6 partner Florida Today reported. However, the order was not expected to have a substantial effect on plans in development by Brevard Public Schools, school district spokeswoman Nicki Hensley said Tuesday. Hensley said Brevard Public Schools will continue to offer online or distance learning for families uncomfortable with sending their kids back into classrooms. The workshop will be livestreamed on the Brevard Public Schools website and its official social media pages. While the order doesn't change much for Brevard schools, Belford still called the shelving of options "somewhat unnerving."