Broward bus depot to become vocational school

The unused $20 million Southwest Area Bus Facility in Pembroke Pines will be transformed into a vocational school next year that provides adult job training, the Orlando Sentinel reported.

The 33-acre site, off Southwest 202nd Avenue and Stirling road, would allow adults to earn general education diplomas, learn English, and gain experience in commercial driving, automotive services and automobile maintenance.

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The proposal has the added benefit of saving the district’s transportation department, which runs at a $50 million deficit, some $15 million. Under the plan, the savings would be earmarked for hiring more teachers in the county’s school districts. Further, using the bus depot eliminates the need for a new vocational facility for which some offficials have been clamoring.

However, part of that savings would come from a reduction in transportation staff. [OS]