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  Miami-Dade

  Miami-Dade Schools celebrates dedication of Brucie Ball Education Center

  A rededication ceremony was held Friday, May 10, for the Brucie Ball Educational Center in Miami. Brucie Ball, who had been the assistant superintendent of the Office of Special Education and Psychological Services, passed away in 2008. The former Merrick Educational Center was renamed at a School Board meeting on March 13 in recognition of Ball’s efforts in special education. 1369430836
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  Youth

  Florida’s top two youth volunteers honored for service

  Students from DASH and Ransom Everglades were selected as the state’s top youth volunteers. 1369428780
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  INDIAN RIVER COUNTY

  Lesbian, 18, rejects plea deal that would have kept her off sex-offenders registry; case headed to trial

  A lesbian, 18, rejects a plea deal after being charged with having sex with a younger schoolmate. 1369443959

• FCAT scores 2013

  Search for your school's standardized test results in this database, containing 2013 FCAT scores for third-grade reading and math, and fourth- eighth- and 10th-grade writing. The "% passing" is the percentage of students who scored at Level 3 (3.5 in writing) or higher.
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  MIAMI BEACH

  Rewarding kindness

  The school was recognized for its Jennifer Beth Turken Heart Award program, which rewards acts of kindness by students.
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  SILVER KNIGHTS 2013

  Miami Herald honors top-achieving high school students with Silver Knights

  Top-achieving high school students from Miami-Dade and Broward were honored at Wednesday’s Silver Knight awards.
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  Miami-Dade Schools

  School Board approves new Miami-Dade Schools police chief

  Ian Moffett, a Miami-Dade Schools police veteran who left in 2009 to become a police major in Miami, will return as the next schools police chief.

• Palmetto Bay

  Palmetto Bay will reconsider 1,400-student charter school

  A divided Village Council agreed to settle a lawsuit stemming from the council’s 2011 rejection of a proposed charter school.

• Miami-Dade Schools

  Miami-Dade Schools announces large expansion of Cambridge program

  Miami-Dade Schools is expanding the Cambridge Program during the next three years to 70 new schools.