In a school district that cracked down hard on students misbehaving, two special schools for kids with some of the worst behavior will now be closing at the end of the year.

Each of Brevard County's 16 traditional high schools now has an OpenGate weapons-detection system, according to the school district.

Officials say a Cocoa High School student was taken into police custody after a handgun was found with the help of a metal detector.

A teacher at an elementary school in Melbourne has been named Brevard Public Schools’ 2025 Teacher of the Year.

Cocoa Beach police arrest an elementary school principal and a teacher after 100 juveniles were spotted at a house party.

No students were injured after a Brevard Public Schools bus was involved in a crash in Melbourne on Tuesday afternoon, officials said.

Hurricane Milton caused major issues across Central Florida.

A Brevard Public Schools teacher was arrested on allegations of abusing a child at school.

A Brevard County school board meeting gets a little heated between board members and those who spoke out against the district's removal of books from libraries.

One of Central Florida’s fastest-growing communities finally has its first middle school. Brevard Public Schools cut the ribbon Tuesday on the new Viera Middle School which broke ground last year.

Hundreds of thousands of Central Florida students will be able to get free meals for the 2024-2025 school year.

Brevard Public Schools is getting ready for the school year by welcoming in hundreds to its New Teacher Academy.

The Brevard superintendent broke the good news to hundreds of principals, and assistant principals at Kennedy Space Center.

Brevard Public Schools is hoping school workers will sign up to become campus guardians.

Brevard Public Schools says a school was put in a "shelter in place" due to a grenade scare.

Local school districts are finding new ways to fill spots during a major teacher shortage. Volusia, Brevard, and Flagler counties are now working with Daytona State College to get district employees who want to teach their bachelor's degrees.

A power outage impacted the air conditioning system at Johnson Middle School in Melbourne, prompting classes to be canceled, according to the school district.

The Brevard County School Board approved a nearly year-round calendar for an elementary school in Port St. John.

Officials with Orange County Public Schools confirmed that they are considering changes in their student absence notification system after the death of 13-year-old Madeline Soto.

The Brevard County school board has a rough draft of a calendar that will help it decide if members want to hold classes at an elementary school in Port St. John for almost the entire year.

The mother of the victim of a hazing incident at Viera High School has filed paperwork to run against Brevard Public Schools board member Matt Susin in November's election.

A power outage on Merritt Island is keeping students out of the classroom at Jefferson Middle School, according to the district.

The annual National Stop Bullying Day is Oct. 11 and is aimed at bringing together students, faculty, and parents to end bullying.

In a district where addressing student discipline has been a top priority for its school board, Brevard Public Schools is now taking a look at some new school safety recommendations.

A motorcycle and a school bus crashed in West Melbourne on Thursday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Viera High School varsity and junior varsity football teams are cleared to return to competition this week, according to Brevard County Schools.

Football practice was allowed to resume at Viera High School as an investigation into a widely publicized hazing incident is ongoing, but Friday night’s game has ben canceled.

Thursday morning, Brevard Public Schools announced it had decided to cancel the first day of classes at Eau Gallie High School due to a power outage.

A raise for bus drivers in Brevard County has some other school district employees feeling left out.

In his first weeks as Brevard County's superintendent, Dr. Mark Rendell, who was most recently the principal of Cocoa Beach Jr./Sr. High School, is addressing another summer the district is challenged to fill vacancies.

During the Brevard Public Schools’ school board meeting on Tuesday, members brought up concerns about “furry dress attire” that had been reported in district schools.

Leaders with Brevard Public Schools announced a pay increase for teachers and staff for the upcoming school year.

Brevard County’s school board held a special meeting Tuesday to narrow down the finalists to be the district’s new superintendent.

The state attorney’s office in Brevard County files formal DUI charges against two Brevard County school principals.

Brevard Public Schools has narrowed down its list of candidates to become the next superintendent to 11, and released the list to the public.

The Brevard County School Board met on Thursday for the first time after an unexpected ousting of the district’s interim superintendent.

A Brevard County school board member is revealing more about what was behind a unanimous vote to place the district’s interim superintendent on administrative leave.

Attorneys representing the group Moms for Liberty officially appealed a federal judge’s ruling, in which he sided with Brevard Public Schools in a case concerning free speech.

School's out -- at least for a day!

As a new Brevard County school board focuses on student discipline, the state released a report on student mental health awareness and training.

A federal judge has ruled that Brevard Public Schools’ public participation policy did not violate free speech rights in a lawsuit filed by the conservative group Moms For Liberty.

Brevard Public Schools leaders welcomed students back from winter break as disciplinary changes began across the district.

Brevard County school leaders are promising a new crackdown on cell phones in the classroom as the district continues to work on a new disciplinary policy.

The Brevard County School Board will vote Monday on approving the resignation of Superintendent Dr. Mark Mullins.

If a separation agreement now in writing is approved, Dr. Mark Mullins would resign as Brevard Public Schools’ superintendent on News Year’s Eve.

Brevard Public School leaders held a conference with parents Thursday evening to discuss topics like behavior trends in schools and best practices for dealing with students.

Days after the Brevard County School Board ousted the superintendent, plans are underway for a new school disciplinary policy in Brevard Public Schools.

After Hurricane Ian moved through the area, Central Florida schools announced how they are handling the storm’s aftermath and when they will be reopening.

Brevard Public Schools said the district has 143 classroom teaching openings just two days away from the start of the 2022-23 school year.

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.

Brevard Public Schools reached a tentative agreement with the Brevard Federation of Teachers union Friday for a new contract that will raise salaries for district teachers, school officials said.

The Brevard Schools Foundation is partnering with several sponsors to give out school supplies to 2,000 students.

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.

Brevard Public Schools has 132 current openings for teachers, a district spokesperson said Wednesday.

Brevard Public Schools offered a 4% raise for both teachers and recruitment/retention pay in the district’s priority schools, though union leaders rejected the offer, according to district officials.

A career fair in Brevard County will be looking for support staff on Tuesday as Central Florida sees a shortage in public school staff.

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.

Vanessa Ziade is trying to raise compassionate children. But she was concerned that her goal was being undermined as she watched vitriolic battles over mask mandates play out at school board meeting after school board meeting.

A middle school teacher is now fired after being arrested this week on a child exploitation warrant.

A Brevard County middle school teacher was arrested on charges of sending harmful material to a child, according to the sheriff’s office.

Safety technology company BusPatrol will partner with Brevard Public Schools for a pilot program meant to improve the effectiveness of cameras designed to catch drivers who illegally pass stopped school buses, the district announced.

Students and staff were once again evacuated from Cocoa High School Wednesday because of a bomb threat.

Cocoa High School has been closed due to a threat made by a parent, officials say.

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.

As documented COVID-19 cases in Brevard Public Schools near the heights of fall’s surge, the district is working with local health organizations to secure more testing kits for students and staff.

Brevard Public Schools is taking a largely voluntary approach as schools prepare to reopen Thursday amid a rising number of COVID-19 cases countywide likely due to the highly contagious omicron variant.

A school threat hoax circulating on social media across the nation prompted Brevard Public Schools to issue a statement to concerned parents Thursday, according to a BPS spokesman.

Faced by a national labor shortage, Brevard Public Schools is offering additional pay to substitute teachers who agree to work certain days around the district’s winter break.

Thanksgiving break is starting early this year for tens of thousands of students.With early dismissal Friday, Brevard Public Schools students are off for the next ten days.

Almost two weeks after Brevard Public Schools allowed parents to opt out of masks for their students, Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran thanked the school district for the change in policy.

Brevard Public Schools is partnering with local hospitals to provide all babies born in the county their first picture books as part of an initiative to increase early childhood learning.

Two Central Florida school boards submitted letters Thursday responding to the state’s 48-hour notice to comply with mask requirements.

Brevard Public Schools reported fewer cases than it did earlier this fall in its twice-weekly COVID-19 update, with 213 reported infections of staff and students, and 616 quarantines from Friday to Tuesday.

The State of Florida currently has billions of dollars earmarked to help local school districts through the pandemic that has not been dispersed, according to records obtained by News 6.

Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran demanded that Brevard Public Schools withdraw its classroom facemask mandate by Wednesday morning or the Florida Department of Education would withhold School Board member salaries.

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.

Following the implementation of a mask mandate, Brevard Public Schools have loosened their COVID-19 quarantine requirements for masked students in several common situations.

DeSantis warned Brevard Public Schools could become another Florida district facing financial punishment for mandating face coverings.

The new testing option opens Wednesday.

Brevard County Public Schools announced Friday that the district will close the campus of Madison Middle School to students for two days next week.

Bayside High School is set to host its first football game of the season Thursday night, while two other Brevard County public schools are cancelling preseason games due to COVID-19 quarantines.

Brevard Public Schools reported Tuesday that 3,000 more students and staff have been quarantined from Friday to Monday.

With help from pandemic relief money, the Brevard County school district is assigning some special new school supplies to thousands of kids.

Brevard Public Schools updated its COVID-19 dashboard Friday showing more than 400 students and employees tested positive.

With rising COVID-19 cases on the Space Coast, Brevard Public Schools announced Tuesday that they will reopen applications for Brevard Virtual School through Friday.

A Brevard Public Schools bus driver was arrested Thursday night and charged with distributing obscene material to a teenage student, according to police.

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

Brevard Public Schools has lost another teacher to COVID-19.

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.

Following a meeting Friday morning, Brevard Public Schools voted to make masks optional once the school year ends at the beginning of June.

VIERA, Fla. – Tuesday night’s Brevard County school board meeting drew supporters and opposition who often clashed vocally in the discussion about the district’s guidelines for gay and transgender students and staff. School board member Jennifer Jenkins said a group speaking out against the guidelines for LGBTQ+ displayed, “so much hate towards a group of children.”[TRENDING: Will coronavirus ever go away? AdThe guidelines allow students to use bathrooms and play sports that correspond with their gender identity. “LGBTQ students were brave enough to come here and stand up for their rights,” Jenkins said. AdJenkins reiterated what the district continues to say - the LGBTQ+ guidelines follow the latest laws now.

TITUSVILLE, Fla. – A Zoom presentation for a Titusville High School class was cut short when someone gained access to the session and displayed pornographic material, according to Brevard Public Schools. [TRENDING: Massive fire breaks out at Orlando condo complex | 6 Dr. Seuss books canceled | Shaq, the big-time wrestler]After the hack, Titusville High School Principal Jennifer Gonzalez sent an email to parents notifying them about what happened. “As soon as the discovery was made, the Zoom session was terminated by our staff and reported to administration. In April 2020, a man gained access to an online learning session for Wolf Lake Middle School and exposed himself, records show. The Sun Sentinel reports that a masked man hacked into a West Broward High School class and went on a racist rant.

ORLANDO, Fla. – School employees and law enforcement officers over 50 years old will soon be able to get the coronavirus vaccine in Florida, according to Gov. “We want that to be open not just to seniors, but to sworn law enforcement and classroom teachers,” he said. FLAGLER COUNTY“Flagler Schools applauds the use of federal vaccine sites to serve our teachers and staff,” a district spokesperson said. SUMTER COUNTY“It is wonderful to hear that classroom teachers will be able to get the vaccine,” a Sumter County School District spokesperson said. VOLUSIA COUNTY“Volusia County Schools supports efforts to get classroom teachers of all ages, who want the vaccine, to be vaccinated as quickly as possible,” a district spokesperson said.

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – Brevard Public Schools announced Friday it has partnered with the Florida Department of Health in Brevard County to provide the COVID-19 vaccine to teachers, substitutes and other district employees over 65 years old. “We wish all teachers can get it right now, but this is a great start,” said Kyle Savage of the Brevard Federation of Teachers. Savage added that it’s great news knowing that was made possible at an event solely for senior teachers and staff from Brevard County schools on Saturday morning. Back in Brevard County, Saturday’s vaccine event also happened as this 52-year-old reading teacher from Lyndon B. Johson Middle School in Melbourne died last month from COVID-19. More than 300 school employees got the vaccine, according to the district.

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – Officials with Brevard Public Schools said they will accommodate a teacher’s schedule if they have a COVID-19 vaccination appointment during class. [RELATED: Here’s how to register for the COVID-19 vaccine in Florida]Brevard County residents 65 and older will start receiving the vaccine on Jan. 4. People who qualify under these priority groups must make an appointment. The county opened a phone line on Dec. 29 for appointments but a day later switched to an online registration system due to demand. To keep up with the latest news on the pandemic, subscribe to News 6′s coronavirus newsletter and go to ClickOrlando.com/coronavirus.

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – A retired teacher and coach with ties to two Brevard County high schools died this week, according to officials with Brevard Public Schools. Randy Hallock retired from coaching at Astronaut High School in 2016 and at the beginning of this school year, he retired from teaching at Eau Gallie High School, according to the school district. [TRENDING: This woman received the first COVID-19 vaccine | Judge scolds theme park trespasser | Chuck Yeager dies at 97]“We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Randy Hallock,” BPS said in a statement. “He is known for his positive impact on the young people he served during his years with us. Our thoughts are with the Hallock family and our students and staff at both Astronaut High and Eau Gallie High as they mourn this loss.”Eau Gallie’s head football coach Christopher Sands reacted to the news in a tweet Tuesday, writing “Coach, you touched so many lives.”

EAU GALLIE, Fla. – A student brought a gun in his backpack to Eau Gallie High School on Monday, prompting a brief shelter in place order on campus, according to Brevard Public Schools. The campus was put into a shelter-in-place status Monday morning as a result of a possible threat made on social media, according to BPS. A student was found with a gun in his backpack and taken into custody. It’s unclear what the student is charged with. “At no time were our students or staff in harm’s way and normal school operations continued through the shelter in place, which has since been lifted,” BPS said in a statement.

ORLANDO, Fla. – School districts in Central Florida were reporting issues with their online learning platform on Monday, according to district officials. [TRENDING: Baby Yoda heads to space station | Highlights from SpaceX, NASA launch | Why did the giant rattlesnake cross the road?] Attention Elearners: We have been made aware of an issue with Classlink which is impacting multiple school districts. Brevard school district officials said the issue was being reported across multiple school districts. In it, district officials said Classlink engineers have reported some improvements since the initial issue was reported but are still working to resolve the problem.

Brevard Public Schools will reopen Tuesday, a day after campuses were closed due to Tropical Storm Eta. Schools were closed Monday due to a tropical storm warning for the county. As of noon Monday, only the coast of Brevard was under a warning. “The tropical storm warning for Brevard County has expired. With that in mind, Brevard Public Schools will resume normal operations on Tuesday, November 10,” BPS said in a news release.

COCOA, Fla. – A shelter in place was ordered for Cocoa High School Wednesday afternoon due to “vague cyber threats” made through e-learning platforms, Brevard Public Schools officials said. A shelter in place means that school operations can continue as normal but no one is allowed to enter or leave campus until law enforcement officers give an all clear. The order was lifted around 2 p.m.[TRENDING: ‘Smell of rotting flesh’ leads to body in trunk | How to celebrate Halloween during pandemic | 98 ‘murder hornets’ removed]"We are currently investigating suspicious incidents involving Cocoa High and Endeavour Elementary. Vague cyber threats made through the e-learning platforms. Earlier on Wednesday, Pine Ridge High School was placed on lockdown after administrators received an anonymous tip through Fortify Florida indicating that someone was planning to bring a weapon on campus.