M-DCPS OPENS SUMMER SCHOOL SESSION TODAY

CONTACT: John Schuster
305-995-1126

July 7, 2004

Summer school opens today for Miami-Dade County Public Schools students. The session runs through Aug. 3 and serves students in grade 3 and grades 7-12. Approximately 55,843 students are expected to attend at a cost of $18 million.

Forty-six elementary schools, 12 middle schools and 32 high schools are open. Third-graders attend from 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m., and 7th-12th-graders attend from 7:30 a.m.-1:10 p.m. Students are admitted on a priority basis, with third-graders who failed being served first.

Drivers are reminded to observe school speed zones that are in effect during summer school.

For additional information, contact the Office of Public Relations at 305-995-1126.

# # #

04-JJS/003/DF

Back to News Releases