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It may be mid-Summmer but Miami-Dade is already prepping for first day of school
MIAMI – It may be the middle of summer but in Miami-Dade, the district is already preparing for the first day of class.
More than a thousand teachers, principals, and educators gathered at Miami Dade College on Wednesday to learn what’s new for the upcoming school year.
“It’s always nice to see all of our hard work from the summer come to fruition,” said Samantha Caesar, an administrative assistant at Homestead Senior High School.
She had some tips ahead of the first day.
“Make sure you get some rest. Eat breakfast and come with an open mind,” said Caesar.
In the middle of summer, they are already getting ready to welcome back students come August.
One of the biggest challenges teachers are preparing for is summer slide.
“There are teams in every school that are coming together, so they develop blueprints,” said Superintendent Jose Dotres.
He spoke about enrollment and other numbers they are starting to look at.
“We have kids coming in and coming out but we feel that enrollment is stable. Unlike some of the losses that maybe other school districts have experienced,” said Dotres.
While enrollment is stable, he said over the last few years they’ve watched the number of immigrant students go up and expect the same this year.
“So we welcome any newcomer into our schools. We’re prepared,” he said.
When it comes to teacher shortages they’ve seen in the past, they’ve added four programs to help combat that.
“We are really hoping and counting on having fewer vacancies than in prior years,” he said.
The district is holding a career fair on Saturday, July 13 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at John A. Ferguson Senior High School.
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A 12-year-old girl was shot in the arm after gunfire erupted in a northwest Miami-Dade neighborhood early Tuesday morning, according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies said they responded just before 1 a.m. to the area of Northwest 64th Street and Northwest 21st Avenue in the county’s Gladeview area, where they found three vehicles struck by gunfire, including a silver Hyundai.
“The car was parked outside of the residence. It was occupied by three juveniles, so it was the girl and her two siblings that were in the vehicle. The mom was outside of the vehicle at the time, so this could have been a very different outcome,” MDSO Detective Samantha Choon said.
Authorities said Miami-Dade Fire Rescue medics transported the girl to a nearby hospital in stable condition.
A family member of the victim told Local 10’s Jackie Pascale that the girl is now home and doing OK.
They said neither her siblings nor their mother was injured in the shooting.
According to investigators, no arrests have been made, and detectives have not released any suspect information at this time.
Neighbor Marie Grimes said she was shaken after hearing multiple gunshots.
“I heard the booms — boom, boom, boom, boom — and I said, ‘Oh my God, what’s happening?’” she said. “Maybe five or six, ’cause look at that right there. I’m just glad the little girl is OK.”
Investigators asked neighbors to check their surveillance or Ring camera footage from around 1 a.m. and contact authorities with any information.
Anyone with information on the shooting is urged to contact Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477. Anonymous tips are accepted.
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Three people were hurt after a building caught fire on Lincoln Road on Sunday, according to authorities.
The Miami Beach Fire Department said it was working a fire near 230 Lincoln Road.
The flames had spread from a fire in a manhole that “ignited an FPL vault of an adjacent building,” officials said.
Three people were taken to Mount Sinai Medical Center with minor injuries.
The building was evacuated, and FPL has shut off power to the surrounding area, the fire department said.
Drivers were asked to avoid the area of Collins Avenue between 16th and 17th streets while crews worked the scene.
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