FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, June 20, 2013

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

Miami-Dade County Public Schools staff and interested citizens

Disparity Study Public Forum

Wednesday, June 26, 2013
10 a.m. – 12 p.m.

South Dade Senior High School, Auditorium
28401 S.W. 167th Avenue
Miami, FL 33030        

Miami-Dade County Public Schools is conducting a Disparity Study and invites all interested parties to a public forum. The study will review the utilization of Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprises (M/WBE) for the Miami-Dade County Public School District (District). MGT of America (MGT) will be the consulting group facilitating the study.

The study will examine the procurement of construction and construction- and design-related professional services for the District, subcontracting practices of prime contractors/lead professional consultants who do business with the District, and the anecdotal evidence collected from a broad cross section of M/WBE and non-M/WBE firms.  The purpose of the public forum is MGT will be available to answer questions construction and construction- and design-related firms may have pertaining to the District’s disparity study.

Persons with disabilities, who plan to attend and need auxiliary aids or services such as interpreters for persons who are deaf or hearing impaired, readers, large print or Braille, and non English speaking persons may contact Vernetta Mitchell, MGT of America, Inc. at 704-531-4099 or vmitchel@mgtamer.com. She also may be contacted by individuals or business owners with questions or comments about this study.

For information on this announcement, contact Marisol Marin, Office of Economic Opportunity at 305-995-1353 or marisolmarin@dadeschools.net.