As Kelly Kooken stood in a 90-minute line at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando in March, her son Vincent was remaining calm.      “He’s doing really well right now,” Kooken, of Weston, said by phone.       Vincent is a junior at Cypress Bay High School where he attends a B.R.I.D.G.E.S. class for students who are on the autism spectrum.      ...

   Miami-Dade County Public Schools in partnership with The Children’s Trust and the University of Miami Health System’s pediatric mobile clinic will be at Miami Lakes Middle School on Tuesday, April 19.     Parents who wish to get free shots for their children for the flu, vaccines required to attend school or COVID-19 tests and shots may attend the event to be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at 6425 Miami...

     Lawton Chiles Middle School placed 3rd overall in the Miami-Dade County Public Schools District Science Fair, results announced in January, the school said.      Shown above from left are sixth graders Samuel Guerra, who received an excellence award and was honored by Broadcom Masters, a program of Society for Science, and Jennifer Henriquez, who receive an honorable mention and bronze medal. Their...

    John Rogger recently took on a new role in town as the chair of the Miami Lakes Special Needs Advisory Board.       It’s the first time Rogger, 35, has served on one of the town’s dozen volunteer committees.  But it’s something that is close to his heart -- he said both of his sons have autism.       Rogger and his family have lived in South Florida...

Miami-Dade County Public Schools resumed hosting the annual National College Fair in person on March 14 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Miami Airport Hotel & Convention Center. Thousands of students and parents attended the event and met with representatives from more than 100 colleges and universities, who answered questions about admissions, financial aid, housing, testing requirements and more concerns about college life, the...