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Contact: Dr. Henry C. Fraind
305-995-1206

January 13, 2000


Miami-Dade County Public Schools will honor its principal and assistant principal of the year at a recognition ceremony, Thursday, Jan. 20, 6:30 p.m., at the Radisson Mart Centre, 777 N.W. 72 Avenue. Tickets for the event are $35 per person or $350 for a table of ten.

The names of the nominees for principal of the year are listed below and represent each region and the Bureau of Adult/Vocational, Alternative and Dropout Prevention Programs:

Alberto Rodriguez, American Senior High School, Region I

Enid Weisman, Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School, Region II

Dr. Steve Gallon III, Miami Northwestern Senior High School, Region III

Santiago C. Corrada, Miami Edison Senior High School, Region IV

Joanne D. Stearns, Palmetto Elementary School, Region V

Dennis Davis, Miami Sunset Senior High School, Region VI

Bertha Pitt, South Dade Adult Education Center, Adult/Vocational


The nominees for assistant principal of the year are:

Melanie E. Megias, Lake Stevens Elementary School, Region I

Janice T. Hutson, Fienberg/Fisher Elementary Community School, Region II

Mayra B. Falcón, John I. Smith Elementary School, Region III

Pablo G. Ortiz, Kensington Park Elementary School, Region IV

Eugene Butler, Jr., South Miami Senior High School, Region V

Elizabeth Ferreira-Alvez, Coral Reef Senior High School, Region VI

Alan J. Bashaw, North Miami Adult Education Center, Adult/Vocational

The event is sponsored by First Union and United Way of Miami-Dade. The winning principal of the year receives $5,000, and the winning assistant principal of the year receives $2,500.

For more information, contact the Bureau of Community Services at 305-995-1215.

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