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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS' ENERGY COSTS AMONG
STATE'S LOWEST
September 20, 2001
The Miami-Dade school district's cost of energy per
full-time student is among the lowest in Florida, according
to a report by the Florida Department of Education.
Superintendent of Schools Roger C. Cuevas said the report
"validates the ongoing effectiveness of the district's
utilities cost containment program."
According to Wayne V. Pierson, the Florida Department of
Education's Deputy Commissioner for Planning, Budgeting and
Management, the Miami-Dade school district's cost of
electricity for 1999-2000 was $99.68 per full-time
equivalent student. Sixty of Florida's 67 school districts
had higher comparable costs.
The district's cost of all energy, including natural gas,
liquified petroleum gas, heating oil and electricity, was
$103.58 per full-time equivalent student, lower than that of
59 of the state's other school districts.
Superintendent Cuevas called the figures particularly
impressive considering the district's extensive adult and
community education programs and full-service schools, which
are not included in the full-time-equivalent formula but
require facilities to be operated at night and on
weekends.
For more information, contact Jaime G. Torrens, Senior
Executive Director, Division of Energy, Communications and
Fiscal Management, at 305-995-1550.