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MIAMI-DADE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS CLOSED TOMORROW, NOV. 5 ### 01-AMC094/HD |
MIAMI-DADE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS CLOSED TOMORROW, NOV. 5 ### 01-AMC094/HD
November 4, 2001
Released: 6 p.m.
Declaring a state of emergency from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday,
Schools Superintendent Merrett R. Stierheim ordered all
Miami-Dade County public schools closed until further
notice.
Students should not report to school and employees, except
for the Superintendent's Senior Staff, should not report to
work until further notice or unless otherwise directed by
their supervisors.
The decision to close was meant to safeguard students and
staff.
If weather conditions and building safety permit,
Superintendent Stierheim may lift the order tomorrow at 3
p.m. to allow adult and vocational classes to proceed as
normally scheduled.
For continuous updates, the public is urged to tune into
local TV and radio stations, including School Board-owned
WLRN-TV Channel 17 and WLRN-FM 91.3, call the district's
information hotline at 305-995-1900 or check out the school
system's online pressroom at
[www.dadeschoolsnews.net] or the district's Internet
portal at [www.dadeschools.net].