Facilities Upgrades
Facilities Upgrades in School Board District 3
Dr. Martin Karp, Miami-Dade School Board Representative
Elementary Schools
Biscayne Beach Elementary
- Interactive whiteboards in every classroom
- New hardcourts (targeted for future restoration)
- Playfield restoration and artificial turf
- Millwork
- New play areas (2 locations)
- Security/surveillance enhancement/cameras (in progress)
- Exterior door replacement
- Exterior and interior painting
- Electrical upgrades
- Fencing for security
- Window replacements (2 buildings)
- Drywall, stucco repair and acoustical ceiling
- Air conditioning upgrades and rooftop package unit in cafetorium, air cooled chiller
- Water coolers and required electrical connections
- Removal of portables
- Playfield 2 restorations—status: construction
- Maintenance projects: Repair cracks and concrete spalling underside the covered walkway’s concrete roof slab, repair damaged concrete beams in exterior covered walkway, replace defective expansion join, replace waterproofing material on roof concrete slab, and repair cracks on stairwell located at northwest corner of building 4—status: design (bidding)
Fulford Elementary
- New playground
- Painting (interior and exterior)
- Removal of 5 portables
- Interactive whiteboards in every classroom
- Air conditioning replacement in kitchen
- Security/surveillance enhancement/cameras
- Electrical upgrades
- Classroom technology upgrades
- Bathroom renovations (ADA Compliance)
- New P.E. shelter
- New metal covered walkway and sidewalk
- Air conditioning upgrades throughout
- New unit ventilators in classrooms
- ADA reception counter
- Boiler replacement
- New classroom cabinetry
- Upgrade basketball court
Gertrude K. Edelman/Sabal Palm Elementary
- Window replacement throughout the school
- Fire alarm replacement
- Interactive whiteboards in every classroom
- Classroom technology upgrades
- Air conditioning and heating repair improvement
- Electrical upgrades
- Exterior door/window replacement
- Interior door and hardware replacement
- Interior wall, ceiling/flooring improvement
- New roof and air conditioning units
- Hardcourt restoration
- Playground replacement
- Security/surveillance enhancement/cameras
- Removal of 5 portables
Greynolds Park Elementary
- Main Office repainted, flooring and baseboards replaced, lighting upgraded
- ADA accessible restrooms added to buildings 12, 7, 2 and 3 on the main campus
- Upgrading of kitchen
- ADA accessibility for the stage
- Building 7 new flooring
- Cafeteria lighting upgraded
- Repaint cafeteria and added a new entrance
- Painting for main building
- Additional water fountains
- Air conditioning and heating replacement in main building
- Roofing repair/replacement
- Door and window replacement
- Interior and exterior painting
- Fencing replacement
- Bathroom renovations
- Interior doors and hardware replacement
- Fire alarm/fire protection enhancement
- Security/surveillance enhancement/cameras
- Electrical upgrades
- Removal of 15 portables
- Playfields restoration including addition of sprinklers
- Hardcourt restoration
- Interactive whiteboards in every classroom
Miami Beach South Pointe Elementary School
- Painting for entire school
- New building (project started) with 8 classrooms to accommodate 144 students
- Air conditioning and heating replacement
- Restroom and plumbing renovation
- Exterior door/window repair/replacement
- Roofing repair/replacement
- Interior doors and hardware replacement
- Fire alarm/fire protection enhancement
- Security/surveillance enhancement/cameras
- Electrical upgrades
- Playfields restoration
- Hardcourt restoration
- Interactive whiteboards in every classroom
- Maintenance projects: Hurricane Irma permanent repairs, repair ornamental fence and gate, replace storm window shutters status—construction
- Capital Plan Projects: Fiscal year 2024-25 currently budgeted in the amount of $2 million for renovations
North Beach Elementary
- Classroom technology upgrades throughout the school
- Air conditioning and heating repair/improvement
- Restroom and plumbing renovation
- Exterior door/window repair/replacement
- Interior door and hardware replacement
- Interior wall, ceiling improvement
- Flooring repair/improvement
- Water intrusion repairs
- Exterior painting and waterproofing (recently approved)
- Playground repair/replacement
- Site drainage/parking improvement
- Security/surveillance enhancement
- Exterior painting and waterproofing (recently approved)
- Maintenance Projects: Hurricane Irma repairs, wall plaster, ceiling tile, wind sails, canopy cover over playground, wall stucco—status: construction
- Capital Plan Projects: Fiscal year 2020-21 currently budgeted in the amount of $650,000 for roof repairs/partial replacement, painting
Ojus Elementary
- New building with 27 classrooms that accommodates 594 students
- New cafeteria
- New physical education shelter
- Interactive whiteboards in every classroom
- New hardcourts
- Field restoration
- New roadway to relieve traffic congestion
- Old cafeteria converted into 7 new classrooms that accommodates 154 students
- Security/surveillance enhancement/cameras (2018—11 cameras with 35 views, 2020 project—58 cameras with 76 views, total camera count 69 with 111 views, scheduled completion 12/2020)
- Sprinklers
- Window replacement throughout (in progress)
- Air conditioning and heating replacement
- Restroom and plumbing renovations
- Fire alarm/fire protection enhancement
- Exterior door/window replacement
- Maintenance Projects: FEMA, hurricane Irma repairs, marquee sign repair, re-caulk window frames interior and exterior, replace emergency window—status: construction phase
- Capital Plan Projects: Fiscal year 2019-20 currently budgeted in the amount of $100,000 for renovations, fiscal year 2023-24 currently budgeted in the amount of $3 million for renovations and painting
Treasure Island Elementary
- New roof on main campus
- Modular building that accommodates 242 students with 11 classrooms
- Security/surveillance enhancement/cameras
- Interactive whiteboards in every classroom
- Restroom and plumbing renovation
- Exterior door/window repair replacement
- Interior wall, ceiling improvement
- Flooring repair/improvement
- Fire alarm/fire protection enhancement
- Classroom technology upgrades
- Resurfaced hard courts
- Drainage repair
- Selective paint
- Window replacement
- Air conditioning and heating repair/replacement and upgrades
- Electrical upgrades
- Lighting, cabinets & water cooler replacement
- Playground repair/replacement
- ADA restrooms upgrades
- Maintenance Projects: Hurricane Irma repair, gutters concrete sidewalks, fencing, light poles, light fixtures, marquee, playground canopy; status—construction; pending light poles
Virginia A. Boone Highland Oaks Elementary
- Partitioning of classrooms in all Pod buildings
- Fire alarm replacement
- Interactive whiteboards in every classroom
- Classroom technology upgrades
- Air conditioning and heating repair improvement
- Electrical upgrades
- Exterior door/window replacement
- Interior door and hardware replacement
- Interior wall, ceiling/flooring improvement
- Security fencing to close campus and reduce access points
- New carpool lanes, signage, and resurfacing of roads
- Pedestrian walkways created
- New roof and air conditioning units on Pod buildings
- Hardcourt restoration
- Playground replacement
- Security/surveillance enhancement/cameras
- Removal of portables
- Capital Plan Projects: Fiscal year 2019-20 in the amount of $5.3 million for repairs, renovations to cabinetry, bathrooms
K-8 Centers
Aventura Waterways
- New building with 82 classrooms that accommodates 1,640 students
- Classroom technology upgrades throughout the school
- Perimeter fencing
- Exterior painting in select areas
- Use of annex at the California Club Mall to reduce traffic and number of students on the main campus; annex has 25 classrooms that currently accommodates 460 students
- Maintenance Projects: Selective waterproofing and paint—status: planning stage
- Capital Plan Projects: Fiscal year 2020-21currently budgeted in the amount of $475,000 for painting
David Lawrence Jr.
- New building with 80 classrooms that accommodates 1,505 students
- Use of Primary Learning Center building with 10 classrooms that accommodates 160 students, cafetorium and office
- Air conditioning and heating replacement
- Roofing repair
- Interior doors and hardware replacement
- Security/surveillance enhancement/cameras
- Playfields restoration for recess
- Hardcourt restoration
- Interactive whiteboards in every classroom
Madie Ives K-8 Preparatory Academy
- New building for grades 6-8 with 23 classrooms that accommodates 500 students
- Replacement of 4 buildings
- New outdoor dining shelter for sun and rain protection
- Security/surveillance enhancement/cameras
- Interactive whiteboards in every classroom
- Field restoration
- Physical Education shelter
- New parking lots
- New pedestrian walkways
- Restroom and plumbing renovation
- Exterior door/window repair replacement
- Interior wall, ceiling/flooring improvement
- Fire alarm/fire protection enhancement
- Classroom technology upgrades
- Removal of 14 portables
Miami Beach Fienberg/Fisher
- Demolished unusable/condemned building 4 and built 4 classrooms accommodating 88 student stations
- New building for assemblies/performances
- Window replacement throughout school
- Auditorium restoration (renovation, structural repair, window/door replacement, air conditioning, flooring and curtains)
- Gymnasium restoration and air conditioning
- Interactive whiteboards in every classroom
- Ray Allen Computer Lab
- Classroom technology upgrades
- Air conditioning and heating repair improvement
- Electrical upgrades
- Roof repair/replacement
- Painting
- Exterior door/window repair
- Lighting replacement/upgrade
- Interior door and hardware replacement
- Interior wall, ceiling replacement
- Flooring repair/improvement
- Security fencing to close campus and reduce access points
- Pedestrian walkways created
- Playground repair/replacement
- Security/surveillance enhancement/cameras (2018—6 cameras with 9 views, 2020—84 cameras with 153 views, total camera count 90 with 162 views, scheduled completion 02/2021)
- Site drainage/parking improvement
- Fire alarm/fire protection enhancement
- Removal of 2 portables
- Capital Plan Projects: Fiscal year 2019-20 in the amount of $400,000 for renovations, 2022-23 in the amount of $1 million for renovations
Norman S. Edelcup/Sunny Isles Beach
- New building with 86 classrooms that accommodates 2,064 students
- Two new classrooms that accommodates 44 students
- New parking garage
- New addition for middle school students built over the parking garage with 12 classrooms including a computer lab that in total accommodates 288 students
- Air conditioning and heating repair/improvement
- Roofing repair/replacement
- Security/surveillance enhancement (pending)
- Interactive whiteboards in every classroom
- Classroom technology upgrades
Ruth K. Broad/Bay Harbor
- New building (middle school) with 20 classrooms that accommodates 440 students (today—24 classrooms, 530 students)
- New building (intermediate grades) over new basketball courts with 18 classrooms that accommodates 396 students
- New iPrep room for large student groups, staff training and collaborative projects
- New music and art rooms (middle school)
- New cafeteria (middle school)
- Field restoration and running track extension
- Running track lighting restoration
- New carpool lanes, signage, and resurfacing of roads
- Pedestrian walkways created
- Air conditioning replacement and heating repair/ improvement
- Restroom and plumbing renovation
- Security/surveillance enhancement
- Maintenance Project: Selective waterproofing and paint—status: planning
- Capital Plan Projects: Fiscal year 2020-21 in the amount of $475,000 for exterior painting
Southside Preparatory Academy
- New building (Building 4) which includes eating area and new media center with 40 classrooms accommodating 880 students
- Replacement of 2 buildings with 5 new classrooms
- Replacement of Building 1 with 3 new classrooms and main office area
- New outdoor dining area
- Air conditioning and heating repair/improvement
- Interior doors and hardware replacement
- Lighting replacement/upgrade
- Security/surveillance enhancement
- Removal of portables
- Classroom technology upgrades
- Painting for entire school
- Roofing repair/replacement
- Fire alarm/fire protection enhancement
- Electrical upgrades
- Playground repair/replacement
- Hardcourt restoration
- Interactive whiteboards in every classroom
- Exterior door/window repair/replacement
- Interior wall, ceiling/flooring improvement
- New parking garage
- New physical education shelter
- Old media center converted into 2 new classrooms
- Sprinklers
- Window replacement throughout
- Restroom and plumbing renovations
- Capital Plan Projects: Fiscal year 2019-20 in the amount of $300,000 for renovations, 2023-24 in the amount of $6 million for cafeteria building replacement
New School Facility—grades 6-8 and workforce housing located in the Brickell area at the northeast corner of the intersection of SW 3 Avenue and SW 10 Street (7 floors); facility is located in School Board District 6 but will service students living in School Board District 3
6-12 Schools
iPrep North
- New school/building with 21 classrooms that accommodates 500 students
Middle Schools
Highland Oaks
- Painting for entire school
- Air conditioning and heating replacement
- Roofing repair/replacement
- Interior doors and hardware replacement
- Fire alarm/fire protection enhancement
- Security/surveillance enhancement/cameras
- Electrical upgrades
- New iPrep room
- Removal of 24 portables
- Playfields restoration
- Hardcourt restoration
- Interactive whiteboards in every classroom
- Capital Plan Projects: Fiscal year 2024-25 currently budgeted in the amount of $3.5 million for renovations
John F. Kennedy
- New building with 24 classrooms that accommodates 450 students
- Air conditioning and heating replacement
- Roofing repair/replacement
- Interior doors and hardware replacement
- Fire alarm/fire protection enhancement
- Safety to life fencing
- Security/surveillance enhancement/cameras
- Weight room addition
- New iPrep room
- Media center redesign
- Painting
- Fencing
- Window replacement (in progress)
- Electrical upgrades
- Hydroponics lab—planting area, greenhouse with self-irrigation system
- Removal of 18 portables
- Playfields restoration
- Hardcourt restoration
- Interactive whiteboards in every classroom
- Capital Plan Projects: Fiscal year 2019-20 currently budgeted in the amount of $2 million for renovations, window replacements, fiscal year 2020-21 currently budgeted in the amount of $1 million for renovations
Miami Beach Nautilus
- Playfields restorations with City
- Hardcourt restoration with City
- Air conditioning and heating repair/improvement
- Interior wall, ceiling improvements
- Roof repairs (November 2020)
- New iPrep room
- Lighting replacement/upgrade (ongoing)
- Projects addressing water intrusion, roof, wall, and balcony leaks (ongoing)
- With PTA, painted the Art wing (each student bathroom painted with murals)
- New STEAM Lab in collaboration with parents
- Music program support
- Capital Plan Projects: Fiscal year 2019-20 currently budgeted in the amount of $500,000 for renovations, fiscal year 2024-25 currently budgeted in the amount of $2.5 million for renovations, lighting replacement/upgrade, flooring, window replacement, projects addressing water intrusion, and stucco and painting
High Schools
Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High/Biscayne Bay Campus
- New school with 61 classrooms that accommodates 1575 students
- Air conditioning and heating repair/improvement
- Interior door and hardware replacement
- Exterior painting
- Lighting replacement/upgrade—cafeteria, stage (pending)
- Security/surveillance enhancement/cameras
- Classroom technology upgrades
- Maintenance Projects: Exterior major paint, stucco repairs and roof coping replacement—status: pending final inspection
- Capital Plan Projects: Fiscal year 2020-21 currently budgeted for $3.5 million, fiscal year 2021-22 currently budgeted for $8,923,600 for new building with 18 classrooms to accommodate 450 students, architect commissioned on July 15, 2020, project awarded for construction by May 2021, construction completed for occupancy by August 2022
Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior
- Playfields restorations for football and soccer
- New outdoor dining shelter for sun and rain protection
- New concession stand
- Air conditioning and heating repair/improvement
- Interior door and hardware replacement
- Lighting replacement/upgrade
- Security/surveillance enhancement/cameras
- Drainage project
- Removal of 13 portables
- Classroom technology upgrades
- Maintenance Projects: Repairs and resurfacing of track—status: construction phase
- Capital Plan Projects: Fiscal year 2023-24 currently budgeted in the amount of $5 million, fiscal year 2024-25 currently budgeted in the amount of $5 million for Guaranteed Energy Performance Contracting, replace air conditioning, perform energy audit (air conditioning, lighting, water, other utilities)
MAST@FIU/Biscayne Bay Campus
- New building with 25 classrooms to accommodate 640 students (completion Winter 2021)
- Two marine/environmental/science/research labs
- Two science labs and 2 science classrooms
- Robotics/computer science makers classroom
- Coastal marine coastal wetland/research area
- Collaboration center
- Covered outdoor marine/environmental science classroom/research area with storage for kayaks and inves
- Solar panels
- Capital Plan Projects: Fiscal year 2022-23 currently budgeted in the amount of $7,563,790 million for additional building
Miami Beach Senior
- New replacement facility that accommodates 2,200 students
- New building (building 4) that accommodates 200 students and added 6 classrooms (1 full science lab, STEAM Maker Room for science and math with the latest technology)
- Playfields replacement for football and soccer
- Hardcourt restoration
- New outdoor dining shelter for sun and rain protection
- Air conditioning and heating repair/improvement
- Interior door and hardware replacement (ongoing)
- Interior wall, ceiling/flooring improvement
- Lighting replacement/upgrade
- Security/surveillance enhancement/cameras
- Drainage project
- Removal of 6 portables
- Classroom technology upgrades
- Capital Plan Projects: Fiscal year 2019-20 currently budgeted in the amount of $645,372 million for renovations and fiscal year 2023-24 currently budgeted in the amount of $500,000 for interior painting, renovations
New World School of the Arts
- Capital Plan Projects: Fiscal year 2019-20 currently budgeted in the amount of $700,000 for safety-to-life repairs
School for Advanced Studies Wolfson Campus
- See above under New World School of the Arts (both schools in same building)
North Miami Beach Senior
- New building with 24 classrooms that accommodates 600 students
- ADA renovation improvement project which upgraded various bathrooms throughout the school
- Playfields restoration for football, soccer, track (pending)
- New outdoor dining shelter for sun and rain protection
- Air conditioning and heating repair/improvement (pending)
- Gymnasium lighting replaced
- Computer labs
- Interior door and hardware replacement (pending)
- Lighting replacement/upgrade (pending)
- Security/surveillance enhancement/cameras
- Drainage project (pending)
- Removal of portables
- Classroom technology upgrades
- Maintenance Projects: FEMA permanent hurricane Irma repairs, fencing replace, florescent lights replace, batting cage replace, emergency window replace, parking lot lights replace, ceiling fan replace, drywall repair—status: construction; pending light post/fixtures
- Capital Plan Projects: Fiscal year 2021-22 currently budgeted in the amount of $4 million for renovations, culinary dining facility
New school in North Dade (information forthcoming)
- Capital Plan Projects: Fiscal year 2022-23 currently budgeted in the amount of $1.6 million, fiscal year 2023-24 currently budgeted in the amount of $15,563,790
New World School of the Arts and School for Advanced Studies Wolfson Campus are minimally reported here. Those schools use facilities that are a part of Miami-Dade College. Charter schools in District 3 are not reported here as those schools are under the supervision of private or municipal governing boards.
Capital Plan Projects may be subject to change depending on projections and District review.
Acknowledgements: Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho, Former Superintendent Rudolph F. Crew, Former Chief Facilities Officers Jaime Torrens and Rose Diamond, Jerold Blumstein, Ana Rijo Conde, Chief Facilities Officer Raul Perez, Victor Alonso, Dr. Michael M. Krop (David Lawrence Jr. K-8), Hon. Paul Novack (Miami-Beach Senior High), Hon. Enid Weisman (Norman S. Edelcup/Sunny Isles Beach K-8), Dr. Michael M. Krop Feeder Pattern Association (California Club Mall Annex), Lisa Martinez (Southside Preparatory Academy).