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• Miami-Dade Schools

  Miami-Dade School Board to move principals, vote on police chief

  The Miami-Dade School Board will hold a special meeting Wednesday to move principals, combine departments and reduce staff. 1369184984

• BROWARD SCHOOLS

  Broward School Board votes to privatize school construction work

  Superintendent Robert Runcie pitched privatization as a move toward efficiency and a way to get construction projects done on time and on budget. 1369184864
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  INDIAN RIVER COUNTY

  Lesbian, 18, faces 15 years in prison for sex with classmate, 14

  An 18-year-old lesbian faces 15 years in prison for having sex with a 14-year-old high school classmate.

• BROWARD SCHOOLS

  Broward School Board to vote on privatizing school construction

  Broward School Board members will decide Tuesday whether to privatize much of the long-troubled facilities department.
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  Hialeah

  MDC Hialeah students win award for literary magazine

  The Columbia Scholastic Press Association has recognized Café Cultura, a student literary magazine at Miami Dade College’s Hialeah campus.

• Miami-Dade Schools

  Female officers settle suits against Miami-Dade schools and former police chief

  Cmdr. Deanna Fox-Williams and Officer Yewande Gibson settled their sexual harassment cases against former Miami-Dade Schools Police Chief Charles Hurley and the School Board.
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  EDUCATION

  Gulliver scientists help a village a world away

  A water purification system created by students from Gulliver is now providing clean, bacteria-free water to a Nigerian health clinic.
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  STATE BUDGET

  Gov. Rick Scott to veto tuition hike

  When he signs the state budget Monday, the governor is also expected to approve an extra $65 million for safety-net hospitals like Jackson and Broward Health.
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  EDUCATION

  Teacher-training programs’ success under scrutiny

  Florida and several other states are creating accountability systems so education schools will develop quantitative ways to measure their programs’ success.
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  Miami-Dade Schools

  New teachers union boss rose from poverty to president

  Fedrick Ingram grew up in the inner city, became Miami-Dade’s teacher of the year and rose to become president of the United Teachers of Dade.