Broward County

Superintendent | Dr. Peter Licata | 754.321.0000 | Website |  @browardschools

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Deerfield Beach High School is part of School Board of Broward County, Florida. S.B.B.C. consists of nine elected School Board members who serve four-year terms. Two of the School Board members are elected “at large” by all of the electors in Broward County. The other seven School Board members are elected from seven school board member residence areas. The School Board members, along with the Superintendent, oversee the sixth-largest District in the nation. The S.B.B.C. implements polices that govern ethical, fiduciary, and scholastic mandates, protocols, and procedures for the District’s schools, offices and departments subject to any applicable federal, state or local laws. The S.B.C.C. answers to the residents and taxpayers of Broward County in an ethical, open and transparent manner.


All SBBC Policies


Learn more about the School Board of Broward County policies on this link, they are presented as a convenience and are available to the public. The Policies have been reformatted to PDF for use on the Internet; physical appearance may differ from that of the certified versions thereof on file in the office of Official School Board Records.


Alyssa's Alert


Alyssa’s Alert is a mobile duress alert application that empowers staff members to immediately notify first responders in the event of an emergency. Receive potentially life-saving aid with the push of a button. To learn more about the app click here.


Anonymous Tip Line


Report something ANONYMOUSLY! No one will ever be able to know where the report originated. We need you to help keep our schools and our children safe, so if there is something going on that needs to be reported please report it.

The text messaging service, TipSoft, allows a response by text message to the originating cell phone without ever knowing the identity of the individual who left the tip. The user’s information is always given an alias and a unique ID before being sent. This secure application allows the tipster and the investigator to have two-way dialog while always keeping the user’s identity completely anonymous.

The School Board of Broward County encourages students to report information about any non-urgent illegal activity, such as vandalism, theft, the sale, and distribution of drugs or information about crimes that are being planned.

Call: 754-321-0911
Text: ‘SBBC’ space with your text message to 274637 (CRIMES)
Email: school911@browardschools.com


Absence Reporting/Attendance


According to SBBC Policy 5.5: All students under 16 are required to attend school every day of the 180-day school year. Absences are established by tardiness, early sign-outs, or absences for all or part of any day. The maximum number of acceptable absences is 5 days. Additionally, please note that students may not be released after 1:45 p.m.

  1. Parents have 2 days (48 hours) in which to report an absence.
  2. The Attendance Policy allows eight (8) reasons for absence to be excused.
  3. Make up work for credit and grade is allowed for ALL absences. Learn more about Homework/Makeup Work.

Anti Bullying and Dating Violence


In order to meet policies and procedures, all students, faculty and staff must be trained on Anti bullying and Dating Violence.

Please click the appropriate link

• District Anti-Bullying Policy

• 6-12 Anti-Bullying Policy 5.9 Training Module

• Dating Violence Policy 5010 Students Grades 6-12 Training Module

• Dating Matters | VetoViolence (Understanding Teen Dating Violence Prevention)

This is a district wide mandatory training all students, faculty, and staff must participate.


Deerfield Beach Explorer Program


The Law Enforcement Explorers Program works with teens and young adults (14-20 years of age) by allowing them to interact with law enforcement and other community advisors in a serious, regimented atmosphere where the students can demonstrate their personal initiative. The program offers young adults the opportunity to learn and experience lawful citizenship as they participate side-by-side with law enforcement deputies and civilian personnel in on-going training and community service projects.

Students interested in this program can contact Deputy Nicole Lovett at 954-480-4300.


Nondiscrimination Policy


The School Board of Broward County, Florida, prohibits any policy or procedure which results in discrimination on the basis of age, color, disability, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex or sexual orientation. Individuals who wish to file a discrimination and/or harassment complaint may find more information by clicking here.


Reporting Abuse


Child Abuse

Section 1006.061(1), Florida Statutes requires each district school, charter school and private school that accepts scholarship students under section 220.187 or section 1002.39 to post in a prominent place a notice that pursuant to chapter 39 all employees and agents of the district school board, charter school or private school have an affirmative duty to report all actual or suspected cases of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect. Read more about reporting misconduct and abuse here.

Administrator Misconduct

All employees and agents of a public school district, charter school or private school have an obligation and legal responsibility to report misconduct by instructional personnel and school administrators which affects the health, safety or welfare of a student. Read more about reporting administrator misconduct here.

Learn more about the signs and the reporting of abuse as this is a district wide mandatory training all students, faculty, and staff must participate.


Safety Policy


The safety and security of Deerfield Beach High’s students, staff and school remain the highest priorities for Broward County Public Schools. To ensure the safety of the students and staff, read more implemented procedures and techniques.


School Environmental Safety Incident Reporting


The SESIR System currently collects data on 26 incidents of crime, violence, and disruptive behaviors that occur on school grounds, on school transportation, and at off-campus, school-sponsored events, during any 24-hour period, 365 days per year.

Incidents are reported by schools to the districts which, in turn, provide the data to the DOE. Per F.S. 1002.20, parents of public-school students have a right to access school safety and discipline incidents as reported pursuant to s. 1006.07(9).  To view the state reported discipline data:

– District total 

– School total 

School Environmental Safety Incident Reporting data is posted on the Florida Department of Education’s website along with Broward County Public School’s website.


School Financial Report


In accordance with Section 1010.215 of the Florida Statutes requires school districts to report to parents and to the public certain financial information in the form of a yearly school financial report. This data is compared to the rest of the schools in the district and the state. Click to view more information.


Student Publications


School sponsored publications are important components of school–based instructional programs. All school publications shall be consistent with the educational curriculum and the cultural values of the school community and appropriate for the school setting. In this regard, considerable latitude shall be provided to individual school leadership to plan and develop school publications.