Wednesday, August 18, 2021, marks the official end to summer vacation as more than 261,000 Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) students head back to school to begin the 2021/22 school year. 

To launch the new school year, BCPS Interim Superintendent Dr. Vickie L. Cartwright will visit several schools across the District welcoming students, teachers and staff to an exciting new school year. Interim Superintendent Cartwright begins her day at the Southwest Area Bus Terminal in Pembroke Pines at 5:45 a.m. to welcome school bus drivers as they prepare to meetmore than 70,000student riders across the District.