Miami Lakes advisory committee hears principals, library praise and presses town to spare school and library programs amid budget talks

Miami Lakes — At a meeting of the Miami Lakes Education Advisory Committee held at town hall, school principals and the Miami Lakes Branch Library’s youth services specialist reported school performance and program wins, and members urged residents to attend an impending town budget meeting to oppose proposed cuts to local education and library programs.

The committee’s chair added a budget discussion to the agenda and the group voted by voice to add a student-report item; both motions carried without roll-call votes. Nancy Matos, youth services specialist at the Miami Lakes Branch Library, thanked the committee for continuing support of library programs and said the branch won a national recognition: “we won our 2025 Achievement Award from the National Association of Counties,” and received an “excellent award” for the young-adult advisory board, she said.

The remarks came amid extended updates from principals across the Miami Lakes feeder schools. Speakers reported a mix of academic recognitions, participation and enrollment trends: one elementary and middle school principal said their schools maintained A ratings or other…