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Eastern Shores pupils headed to Ojus school(0)

December 4, 2009

The Miami-Dade School Board has dropped the other shoe in the debate over how to avoid overcrowding at Sunny Isles Beach Community School next year when the two-year-old school is scheduled to add eighth grade.
The district is proposing pupils from Eastern Shores, a small community between the Intracoastal Waterway and Maule Lake just west of [...]

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New public schools overflowing; boundary changes due

An unexpected flood of students has swamped the area’s two new public K-8 schools, forcing school officials to begin redrawing boundary maps so they can head off problems before the next school year.
After opening three shiny new public schools in Northeast Miami-Dade over the past two years, the school board should be entitled to a [...]

Enrollment rush surprises Waterways principal

When school opens Aug. 24, Aventura Waterways will have a tough act to follow — its own.

In its first year, the school exceeded expectations on virtually every level, including winning an A grade from the state Department of Education.

The new school on the corner of NE 211th Terrace and NE 26th Avenue was designed to [...]

Waterways PTSA president sets ambitious goals

Efi Inan is a woman on a mission.
 
As president of the PTSA at Aventura Waterways K-8 School, she’s got a long list of goals for the new school year. She wants to build on the “baby steps” the first-year parents group made last year by increasing parent participation, holding more “fun” events, raising more money, [...]


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