M-DCPS FACILITIES PROJECTS CREATE SCHOOL EXPANSION, PARTNERSHIPS

MIAMI – The Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) Office of School Facilities will move forward to further explore several potential public/private partnerships approved by the School Board at the April meeting. These partnerships, which aim to expand school choice opportunities for students and parents, include the following:

• A partnership with the City of Doral and Flordale, LLC to build and subsequently own and operate a K-8 facility on an approximate 4-acre site located in Doral proper, through a property trade for which the school site would be exchanged for property owned by the Board and with additional compensation to the Board.

• A funding partnership with public and private not-for profit entities for the possible redevelopment of the Henry S. West Laboratory School campus, including possible campus reconfiguration, expansion and other redevelopment opportunities focusing on future joint use of facilities.

• A possible collaboration with the City of Miami and the Brickell development community that would explore school capacity amplification options in connection with proposed high rise condominium development in the general Brickell area. The real estate market resurgence in South Florida and specifically in the City of Miami’s Brickell corridor and Downtown core is expected to bring thousands of residential units on line over the next decade, in turn creating the need for expanded school capacity.

• A partial property sale or long-term ground lease that monetizes the value of the site where the Design and Architecture Senior High School (DASH) is located and generates sufficient funding to expand DASH and provide greater access to this top-rated choice program for considerably more students. The expansion also would consider the possible creation of on campus post-secondary design and architecture scholastic opportunities for DASH students.

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