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

November 16, 1999


The Miami-Dade County School Board elected Perla Tabares Hantman as chair and Dr. Michael Krop as its vice-chair for the coming year.

After commending Dr. Solomon C. Stinson “for the fine job he has done in chairing the Board during the past three years,” the new School Board chair noted that “school overcrowding, teachers' salaries, improving test scores, and student safety are some of the issues that we must tackle during the coming year.”

First elected to the Board in November 1996 as its representative for District 4, Hantman is a former member of the Florida Board of Regents and of the Florida State Commission on Child Support. From 1961 to 1963 she worked as Assistant Public Information Officer with the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare in Miami. Hantman was born in Havana, Cuba, where she taught first grade before coming to this country. In 1991, she was awarded an honorary doctorate in humanities from The Gregorian University, Rome.

Dr. Krop, an orthodontist, has served as a School Board member since 1980. He has chaired the Board and has served as its vice chair for several terms.

The Board will hold a regular meeting at 1 p.m. tomorrow (Wednesday, Nov. 17). The full meeting agenda may be seen in the following locations: in the lobby of the administration building, in each of the school system's region offices, and at William H. Turner Technical Arts Senior High, Miami Coral Park Adult Education Center, Miami Senior High Adult Education Center, Miami Carol City Adult Education Center, and South Dade Adult Education Center.

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