Girls’ Dorm Gets City Approval

By COLlive reporter

The city recommended, the board ignored and the girls are ecstatic.

In a Monday vote, the planning and zoning board of Coral Springs supported the the School’s use of a 4-apartment complex as a dormitory.

City officials cited safety violations and residential character of the surrounding neighborhood to deny its use for 37 out-of-town high school students.

The board recommended 4-1 that the city commission approve the dorm, according to the Sun Sentinel. The commission will vote on the request on October 2.

An overflow crowd of dozens of local residents filled City Hall for the vote, in support of the school.

“The dorm is really fun, it’s like one big family,” said Shania Efune, a senior from Brighton, England. “I don’t understand it. We are not loud, we have a curfew.”

“They’re just girls living a normal daily life,” commented Rabbi Moshe Rabin of the school’s administration.

Currently, the non-local students are living with families in the community until the dorm issued is resolved, the newspaper reported.