FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, January 7, 2014

CONTACT: John Schuster
Miami-Dade County Public Schools
305-995-1126

Superintendent of Schools Alberto M. Carvalho, School Board Chair Perla Tabares Hantman, School Board Members, school district administrators, principals, teachers, parents, and students

Florida TaxWatch Elite Principals Awards
Five M-DCPS principals are among the top six principals in Florida’s high-risk schools

Tuesday, January 7, 2014
2 p.m.

Westland Hialeah Senior High School, Media Center
4000 West 18th Avenue
Hialeah, Florida 33012

The Florida TaxWatch Center for Educational Performance & Accountability and the Learning Systems Institute at Florida State University announced today that five principals from Miami-Dade County Public Schools are among the top six performing principals in Florida’s high-risk schools. The principals are being honored based on analysis of student achievement gains in reading and mathematics. The Elite Principals Award is the only Florida honor given to those who exceed expectations in learning gains for at-risk students in high-risk schools.