Should a new school be built for Downtown?

Booker T. Washington Senior High School
Booker T. Washington Senior High School

A proposal for a new school in Downtown Miami is offering up some tricky math and civics lessons.

School board member Raquel Relgalado, the daughter of Miami mayor Tomás Regalado, is pushing for a new school that would target the needs of wealthier, international students living in new condo towers in Brickell and offer an International Baccalaureate curriculum.

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But while the more people are moving into the area, the number of families has decreased, and either way, an existing school has room for more students, according to a consultant report commissioned by Miami’s Downtown Development Authority.

The Miami Herald reported that part of the conflict appears to concern perceptions surrounding the underused school – Booker T. Washington, a public high school in Overtown, which has received low marks in state grades in the past. [Miami Herald] Jennifer White Karp