Dade School Board candidates file, two will vie for vacated seat

Dade School Board candidates file, two will vie for vacated seat

We have three new interesting candidates wanting to get on the Miami-Dade School Board. In the District 3 race, we have Dr. Raquel Bild-Libbin challenging 15-year School Board Member Martin Karp. She filed paperwork last month naming political mailer Keith Donner as her treasurer. She is a Miami Beach-based licensed psychologist specializing in the treatment of […]

Hialeah mayor quietly moves to develop school property into housing

Hialeah mayor quietly moves to develop school property into housing

Hialeah Mayor Carlos Hernández may be on the verge of another backroom deal — unless the Miami-Dade School Board stops him. Last year, Hernández sent a letter to School Superintendent Alberto Carvalho with an idea: Let’s rezone the vacant 12 acres of land adjacent to Hialeah Middle School — a vacant field that was used […]

Alberto Carvalho ‘decides’ to stick around — or was it all a sneaky ruse?

Alberto Carvalho ‘decides’ to stick around — or was it all a sneaky ruse?

Miami-Dade Public Schools’ wildly popular Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said on Thursday, in a very dramatic fashion, that he turned down a job leading New York City’s public school system to stay with the district where he began his career as a physics teacher at Jackson High. Wide speculation Wednesday that Carvalho was taking the School […]

Alberto Carvalho to leave Miami-Dade Schools for NYC — at the worst time

Alberto Carvalho to leave Miami-Dade Schools for NYC — at the worst time

Say it ain’t so, Alberto! Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho, the charismatic populist leader of the 4th largest school district in the U.S., has been tapped to lead the largest school district in New York City, several news sources reported Wednesday afternoon. Perhaps New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, right, who was expected to make the […]

School Board upset? Holloway has a real race on his hands

School Board upset? Holloway has a real race on his hands

There may be an upset in the race for Miami-Dade School Board District 1, which encompasses Miami Gardens, Carol City and North Miami. The race for District 7 is pretty much sewn up. Unfortunately, Aster Bato Mohammed is no match for Lubby Navarro, the school board lobbyist appointed by Gov. Rick Scott two years ago […]

Friends and family Plan B: Carlos Gimenez’s sister-in-law

Friends and family Plan B: Carlos Gimenez’s sister-in-law

We’ve all just figured out what Plan B is for the family and friends of Miami-Dade Carlos Gimenez should he get fired by voters and lose his seat at County Hall in August: Get another seat on the school board. The mayor’s sister-in-law filed documents earlier this month to run for the Miami-Dade School Board […]

5 reasons to vote Sevi Miyar for Miami-Dade School Board

5 reasons to vote Sevi Miyar for Miami-Dade School Board

It’s been difficult to jump on the Miami-Dade School Board races because it’s a territory that Ladra doesn’t walk often, and we’ve been busy with a congressional and county races as well as a recall and funky county budget. There is likely good reason to replace both incumbents who were challenged. But Ladra thinks its […]

Lobby role is central issue in School Board race

Lobby role is central issue in School Board race

While there are five Miami-Dade School Board seats on the ballot this year, only one of the contests so far seems like it could be a real schoolyard fight. Three incumbents — Wilbert Holloway, Martin Karp and Larry Feldman (Ladra’s district member) — are so far unopposed (more on that later). One campaign lost its […]