FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wed., March 16, 2005

CONTACT: John Schuster
Miami-Dade County Public Schools
305-995-1126

***MEDIA ADVISORY***

MIAMI-DADE SCHOOL BOARD TO TAKE UP HIGH SCHOOL REFORM, SUMMER SCHOOL, OVERCROWDING, SEARCHES FOR MISSING KIDS

WHO: 
 School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida
WHAT:
  

Agenda for monthly meeting includes:

  • Attendance boundary changes for next school year
  • Bold plan to revamp middle and high schools to raise graduation expectations
  • $40 million summer school program for about 70,000 students
  • Lease of empty retail store to relieve overcrowding in northeast Dade middle school
  • Introduction of Tiffany the bloodhound, recently donated to assist Schools Police in searching for missing students
WHEN:
 Beginning at 1 p.m. today
WHERE: 
 School Board Administration Building Auditorium
1450 NE Second Ave.
CONTACT:
 Myra I. Ortega, Vice-President of Education, Junior Achievement of Greater Miami, 305-751-9200, ext. 26.

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05-LJG/143/JJS

 

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