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School board authorizes superintendent to negotiate MOU with Omni CRA for I PREP relocation and downtown redevelopment
Summary
Miami-Dade School Board authorized the superintendent to begin negotiations with the Omni Community Redevelopment Agency (Omni CRA) on a memorandum of understanding to pursue a multi‑phase partnership that would relocate and expand I PREP Academy and support redevelopment around the Phyllis Wheatley site.
The Miami‑Dade County School Board voted to authorize the superintendent to negotiate a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Omni Community Redevelopment Agency to advance a multi‑phase redevelopment partnership centered on relocating and expanding I PREP Academy and redeveloping the nearby Phyllis Wheatley site.
Board Member Dorothy Bendross Mindingall presented the item and framed it as a multi‑year effort to align district redevelopment with educational priorities. She and several board colleagues urged the district to keep education central while leveraging outside financing and planning tools offered by the CRA. "F3 gives us the structure to turn vision into implementation," Bendross…
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