The School Board unanimously approved two agenda items proposed by School Board Chair Perla Tabares Hantman endorsing October as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month throughout Miami-Dade County Public Schools and National Teen Driver Safety Week on October 19-25.
In 2014 alone, an estimated 232,670 women will be newly diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in the U.S. An estimated 15,480 of those new cases will be diagnosed among women in Florida.
“This month is dedicated to highlighting the importance of early detection of breast cancer, the second leading cause of cancer-related fatalities in American women,” said Hantman. “I am also proud to bring forward an initiative that encourages teenagers to change risky driving behaviors at the high school-age level and help save lives across the country.”