FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, December 12, 2014

CONTACT: Daisy Gonzalez-Diego
Miami-Dade County Public Schools
305-995-2060

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD RENAMES SCHOOLS

The Miami-Dade County School Board tackled many different issues during its regular monthly meeting this past Wednesday. One of the issues was the renaming of adult education centers as technical colleges.

Schools Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho proposed the item, and it will help identify these schools as centers of higher learning due to their offerings of vocational careers and training. 

The centers and their new names are as follows:

Current

New

D.A. Dorsey Educational Center

D.A. Dorsey Technical College

South Dade Educational Center

South Dade Technical College

George T. Baker Aviation School

George T. Baker Aviation Technical College

Lindsey Hopkins Technical Education Center

Lindsey Hopkins Technical College

Miami Lakes Educational Center

Miami Lakes Educational Center and Technical College

Robert Morgan Educational Center

Robert Morgan Educational Center and Technical College

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14-DGD/156/GC

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