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State says open Miami-Dade schools by Oct. 5 or give school-by-school reasons as to why not

Three-page letter offers counters to School Board’s decision to have students in classrooms by Oct. 21

Michelle Solomon, Podcast Producer/Reporter
Hatzel Vela, Reporter
Published: September 26, 2020, 10:25 pm
Updated: September 26, 2020, 10:37 pm

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – The Miami-Dade School Board voted unanimously Tuesday to delay in person-instruction at its public schools to at least Oct. 14, but Florida’s Education Commissioner sent a strong letter on Friday to both the school board’s chair and superintendent stating “grave concerns” about the delay and advising them of a new opening date.

Richard Corcoran’s three-page letter, addressed to Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho and School Board Chair Perla Tabares Hantman, said that in-person learning must be made available by Oct. 5.

He stated that if the district deems any school should remained closed, a provisional plan would have to be submitted for each — basically answering the question as to why that school needs to remain closed.