Under The Sun

Q&A with Brooks Rumenik

Brooks Rumenik is the director of the Office of Safe Schools at the Florida Department of Education in Tallahassee. The office is responsible for state-level oversight and support in the areas of substance abuse and violence prevention for students in kindergarten through 12the grade and data collection efforts for school-wide discipline and climate. Rumenik serves as a liaison for citizens, parents and students who have questions about discipline and safety in schools.

Flip the Script: The Past and Present of North Miami Senior High School

Fifty years ago, North Miami Senior High School students lived in neighborhoods where most kept their doors unlocked at night. Today, many say they feel unsafe in their school and their neighborhoods. Past and present students share their varied experiences of going to school and growing up in North Miami.

Teens Buddy Up With Quake Survivors

High school is hard enough already. Imagine facing a foreign language, culture, and school system. Haitian students at Boyd Anderson High in Lauderdale Lakes paired up with new arrivals after the earthquake to help ease their way. We are playing stories to commemorate the one year anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti throughout the month of January. Listen to the story here.

More Voices of Teen “Ambassadors” from Boyd Anderson High

Under the Sun listeners were introduced to students James Celestin and Michel Philco from Boyd Anderson High in our "Teens Buddy up with Quake Survivors" story. Here are some more voices from the students at Boyd Anderson High.