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Board advances private-school management agreement and lease for Yeshiva at Biscayne Gardens facility
Summary
The board advanced a first-of-its-kind management agreement and a proposed lease for Yeshiva Elementary Inc. to operate in a district facility; members clarified that Yeshivas students would be private-school students (not MDCPS students) and that district services would be offered a la carte under contract with the district.
The committee reviewed C3, a request to authorize the superintendent to finalize negotiations and execute a private-school management and service agreement with Yeshiva Elementary Inc. to operate in a district-owned facility. District counsel and operations staff explained the contract model: the district would serve as an exclusive provider of specified services on an a la carte basis and would quote and contract for services the private school chooses to purchase.
Board members asked whether MDCPS employees would be assigned to the private school. Staff said the private provider would contract through the district for services and that any MDCPS personnel involvement would be through district-approved arrangements. Members also asked whether students at the Yeshiva would be MDCPS students; staff answered that they would be private-school students with no formal MDCPS enrollment relationship.
Some members welcomed the use of underutilized facilities to generate revenue and reduce district maintenance obligations, while others asked that lease revenue and service fees be structured to benefit the neighborhoods that had been affected by closures or consolidations. The board advanced the related c-items to the board floor for final action with instructions to preserve transparency on revenue sharing and service arrangements.
