FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, February 15, 2008

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

***MEDIA ADVISORY***

GROUND-BREAKING CEREMONY
FOR STATE SCHOOL QQQ-1 IN NORTH MIAMI

WHO: 

M-DCPS, Superintendent of Schools Rudy Crew, School Board Members, City of North Miami Mayor Kevin Burns, Arquitectonica International, Pavarini Construction Company, and community members

WHAT:
Ground-breaking ceremonies of State School QQQ-1
WHEN:
Friday, February 22, 2008, at 10 a.m.
WHERE:

2555 N.E. 151st Street
North Miami, 33181

WHY:

To celebrate the construction of State School QQQ-1. The new school will relieve Dr. Michael M. Krop and North Miami Beach senior high schools.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Located on an undeveloped 4.5 acre site, the new multi-story senior high school will be designed to house approximately 1,638 student stations.  The design is based on a “School-Within-A-School” concept and will total approximately 165,000 gross square feet.   The site of this future state-of-the-art facility is just northwest of David Lawrence Jr. K-8 Center.

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08-JJS/257/QT

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