Brenda Fam, a conservative voice on the Broward County Faculty Board, introduced her resignation Tuesday, citing a poisonous political local weather and monetary mismanagement throughout the district.
Fam, an lawyer and District 6 consultant, was elected in 2022. In a letter to Superintendent Howard Hepburn, she linked her determination to step down with the latest resignation of Alec Bogdanoff, the chair of the Superintendent’s Oversight Committee Job Power, who stepped away from his volunteer submit after solely three conferences. Bogdanoff pointed to “entrenched resistance, hostility to new views and a tradition that too typically rewards management over progress” in his letter — a sentiment Fam stated she shared.
“I’ve additionally encountered the identical hostility and private assaults for attempting to enhance the college local weather and enhance inclusivity of fogeys,” Fam wrote. “I additionally noticed that if a person doesn’t agree with the present district tradition of prioritizing social justice over teachers, the present acknowledged quid professional quo, then they’re focused, dismissed, and ridiculed.”
Fam, who lives in Davie, added, “Nobody who steps as much as serve their group ought to be met with that sort of conduct.”
In her resignation letter, she expressed alarm over the district’s future, pointing to declining enrollment and ongoing monetary instability.
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Hepburn beforehand projected a price range shortfall of $75 to $80 million as a result of challenges with declining enrollment.
Fam criticized plans for a 10-year enhance in property taxes and affect charge hikes on new dwelling purchases, arguing they’d place an unfair burden on residents.
“My biggest worry is that (the district) will search a bail-out from residents in 2026 within the type of referendum funds from Broward County residents as a result of (board’s) failure to implement a balanced price range and fascinating in wasteful overspending,” she wrote. “I’ve old fashioned values and was taught that you simply don’t purchase what you’ll be able to’t pay for. You don’t buy issues that you simply can’t afford.”
Fam additionally took a parting shot on the board’s stance on faculty selection, saying she’d “endlessly treasure” the “distinctive alternative to face as much as” fellow members and the Broward Academics Union.
Her resignation is efficient Could 1.
