Miami Lakes area residents can take advantage of Florida’s Sales Tax Holiday to purchase school supplies and clothes tax free for the upcoming school year, from Friday, August 1 to Sunday, August 3. The tax free items include clothing, footwear, certain clothing accessories, notebooks, notebook paper, tablets, folders, pencils, pens, sharpeners, calculators, rulers, crayons, markers and staplers.  For a number of years, the...

  Barbara Goleman Senior High School, 14100 N.W. 89 Avenue in Miami Lakes, will be hosting its annual Freshman Orientation on Tuesday, August 5, at 6:30 p.m. in the school's auditorium. The administrative team, faculty, and staff will welcome its newest Gators and their families with an overview of the school's various magnet, academic, and athletic programs. The purpose of the meeting is to offer a smooth transition into high...

  Summer is almost over, and Monsignor Edward Pace High School is ready to welcome its new students to the 2014-2015 school year at the Spartan Experience New Student Orientation on Thursday, August 14. Freshman and transfer students will have a full day of activities designed to welcome them to Pace and get them accustomed to being a part of the Pace family.  They will begin the day by getting breakfast and having their ID picture...

  The Miami-Dade School Board approved a budget proposal by Superintendent of Schools Alberto M. Carvalho for the 2014-2015 school year. The budget protects teachers and the classroom with an increase in school spending of $43 million and a reduction in administrative spending of $5 million, down 57 percent since 2008. The budget protects taxpayers by lowering the tax rate and continues to expand Exceptional Student Education (ESE)...

  As proposed by Chair Perla Tabares Hantman, the Miami-Dade School Board unanimously voted to endorse the 2014 “Welcome Back to School” Safety Flyer for distribution during the first week of school. For the past eight years, the Community Traffic Safety Team (CTST), a team of multi-jurisdictional agencies under the auspices of the Florida Department of Transportation, has partnered with the District to promote student...