Palm Beach International Academy has been approved for the Boca Raton Innovation Campus, where city officials said the sixth- through 12th-grade private school will have a minimal footprint at the sprawling former IBM campus.
A rare 2-2 tie on the Boca Raton City Council halted a request tied to the Boca Raton Innovation Center campus, leaving city officials and the property owner to sort out what happens next.
Boca Raton’s City Council voted to replace the Memorial Park plaque, created a new downtown civic engagement task force, and moved ahead with a broad assessment of key city buildings during a meeting that also brought state funding updates and renewed calls for better softball facilities.
Boca Raton officials are set to consider replacing the newly installed Memorial Park plaque after criticism that the current marker misstates the site’s history and credits the wrong people with preserving it.
Boca Raton has finally dedicated Memorial Park nearly 80 years after its creation was first announced, but the dedication plaque placed at the end of the previous council’s term is already drawing criticism from residents who say it credits the wrong people.