Families keep pressure on Brevard school board to keep Cape View open →
Members of the public who rallied in the parking lot and held a food drive to benefit the school ahead of the meeting brought their grievances and concerns inside, with community members, students and parents speaking for nearly an hour in a half in support of keeping the school open.
Recap: Public pleads with Brevard school board not to close Cape View →
Cape View Elementary and its potential consolidation with Roosevelt Elementary in Cocoa Beach were a significant topic among the public, with parents urging community members in the weeks prior to the meeting to come speak to the board about the possibility of keeping the school open.
Charter schools are eyeing Brevard schools to take over in Schools of Hope boom →
Charter school operators are targeting Brevard Public Schools to co-share the public school buildings as part of the controversial “Schools of Hope” program. One operator alone filed notice to get access to dozens of schools in the county, prompting advocates to raise alarm.
Community members shut out of BPS superintendent’s meeting on possible Cape View closure →
“Parents left with few answers to their questions after a meeting with Brevard Public Schools Superintendent Mark Rendell about the potential closure of Cape View Elementary School in Cape Canaveral — and community members without kids attending the school were shut out from the discussion altogether.” (Florida Today, 11/11/2025)
Strategy Session →
The next School Board meeting is Tuesday, November 18th at 5:30pm. We will meet, rally and strategize in a Virtual Strategy Session on Thursday November 13th at 7:30pm.
Second Satellite teacher’s license in jeopardy over student name case →
A Satellite High teacher could see her license suspended by the Florida Department of Education in connection with the case of a student using a preferred name in class, a situation which cost one Brevard teacher her job earlier this year.
Brevard school board members call out teacher union over ousted teacher →
Support from Brevard’s teacher union for an ousted educator — and criticism of Superintendent Mark Rendell’s decision not to rehire her — prompted blowback from school board members at the Sept. 23 meeting in Viera.
Brevard teacher ousted over use of chosen name barred from volunteering →
A former Brevard teacher ousted earlier this year over her use of a then-17-year-old’s chosen name without parental permission was barred from helping students with their college essays on a volunteer basis
Opinion: Shoddy treatment of teacher won’t destroy love of learning, truth →
Will somebody with clout please tell the autocrats who run our state and public schools that children are human beings with civil rights? I doubt if there is a teacher anywhere who doesn’t intuitively call the student the name they request, the name they write on their assignments, the name that their friends call them. It simply establishes rapport with the student. Punishing Ms. Melissa Calhoun for her delayed response to a repressive rule threatens all students and teachers, undermines their dignity and self-worth and defies the spirit of our liberal democracy.
State education commissioner: Ousted Brevard teacher deserves suspension →
Less than a month following a Florida Department of Education committee’s decision to uphold a Brevard teacher’s education credentials after she used a student’s chosen name without parental permission, the Florida Commissioner of Education emphasized that he believed she deserved a suspension.