These are your schools; their future is our future

These are your schools; their future is our future

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Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) is more than the school system I have the privilege of leading. It is the school system that helped shape my life.

I attended these schools. More than three decades ago, I began my career in these classrooms as a teacher. Since then, I have served as a principal, regional leader, and today, superintendent of schools.

Through every one of those roles, I have learned something that has never changed: the strength of our schools comes from our people.

It comes from teachers who see potential in children and refuse to let it go unrealized. It comes from paraprofessionals, cafeteria workers, custodians, maintenance employees, transportation professionals, and countless others whose work makes education possible every day. It comes from school police officers and security personnel entrusted with helping keep our students and employees safe.

And most importantly, it comes from our students and families.

These are your schools.

Generations of Miami-Dade students have walked through their doors and gone on to build businesses, strengthen neighborhoods, raise families, and help shap...