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”’Don Soffer Aventura High School”’ (”’ |
”’Don Soffer Aventura High School”’ (”””) is a charter high school in [[Aventura, Florida]]. |
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By the 2010s, Aventura area parents a high school within the city limits, in part the [[Miami Dade County Public Schools]]-operated [[Krop High School]] become Aventura a the city the proposal.<ref>Bojnansky, Eric. “[http://biscaynetimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1254 Class Conflict]” ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042853/http://biscaynetimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1254 Archive]). ”[[Biscayne Times]]”. September 2012. Retrieved on January 11, 2016.</ref> ‘ reported .<ref /> |
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Mayor Susan Gottlieb and the city council declined to proceed with the proposal, noting that Aventura had invested $12 million to build the K-8 Aventura City of Excellence School in 2003 when elementary options were limited but that constructing a high school would prove far more expensive. Gottlieb stated that purchasing land in the 98 percent built-out city and constructing a high school could require tax increases of quadruple or more.<ref>Bojnansky, Eric.</ref> School Board member Martin Karp countered that Krop’s enrollment had actually decreased by more than 1000 students over four years to 2733 students following construction of [[Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High]] and conversion of a former Kmart into additional classrooms, describing the overcrowding designation as resulting from bureaucratic formulas rather than objective conditions.<ref>Bojnansky, Eric.</ref> Karp noted that Krop maintained an A rating from the Florida Department of Education, offered 26 advanced placement courses, and had garnered 65 Silver Knight Awards with graduates obtaining $80 million in college scholarships.<ref>Bojnansky, Eric.</ref> According to Colleen Wright of the ”[[Miami Herald]]”, demand persisted as newer schools overshadowed Krop’s reputation.<ref name=WrightColeenDifferent/> |
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The Aventura city government purchased the school site from Gulfstream Park Racing and Casino. Don Soffer Aventura High School was designed to accommodate 800 students.<ref name=WrightColeenDifferent/> The campus occupies {{convert|53000|sqft|sqm}} of land. When the school opened in August 2019, construction remained incomplete.<ref name=WrightColeenDifferent/> More than 100 students enrolled in the first year. In 2020, the school transitioned to remote learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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The Aventura city government later purchased the school site from Gulfstream Park Racing and Casino for a facility designed to accommodate 800 students across {{convert|53000|sqft|sqm}}.<ref name=WrightColeenDifferent>{{cite web |last=Wright |first=Colleen |date=2019-08-20 |title=It was a different kind of first day of class at this new high school in Aventura |url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/education/article234088377.html |accessdate=2020-10-20 |newspaper=[[Miami Herald]]}} – [https://news.yahoo.com/different-kind-first-day-class-172624640.html Alternate link at] [[Yahoo News]]</ref> When Don Soffer Aventura High School opened in August 2019 with more than 100 students, construction remained incomplete.<ref name=WrightColeenDifferent/> In 2020, the school transitioned to remote learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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Revision as of 22:44, 30 January 2026
Charter school in Florida, United States
Don Soffer Aventura High School (DSAHS) is a charter high school in Aventura, Florida.
History
By the 2010s, Aventura area parents sought a high school within the city limits, driven in part by perceptions that the Miami Dade County Public Schools-operated Krop High School had become overcrowded and concerns about safety and demographic differences between Aventura and the school’s broader service area. In 2012, Frida Lapidot, president of Parents for Aventura Charter High School Association, gathered more than 1900 online petition signatures supporting construction of a charter high school and attempted to influence the November city election by leveraging parent support for candidates who backed the proposal.[1] Parents cited Krop’s reported capacity of 121 percent and expressed concerns about gangs and violence, though principal Dawn Baglos disputed these characterizations.[2]
Mayor Susan Gottlieb and the city council declined to proceed with the proposal, noting that Aventura had invested $12 million to build the K-8 Aventura City of Excellence School in 2003 when elementary options were limited but that constructing a high school would prove far more expensive. Gottlieb stated that purchasing land in the 98 percent built-out city and constructing a high school could require tax increases of quadruple or more.[3] School Board member Martin Karp countered that Krop’s enrollment had actually decreased by more than 1000 students over four years to 2733 students following construction of Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High and conversion of a former Kmart into additional classrooms, describing the overcrowding designation as resulting from bureaucratic formulas rather than objective conditions.[4] Karp noted that Krop maintained an A rating from the Florida Department of Education, offered 26 advanced placement courses, and had garnered 65 Silver Knight Awards with graduates obtaining $80 million in college scholarships.[5] According to Colleen Wright of the Miami Herald, demand persisted as newer schools overshadowed Krop’s reputation.[6]
The Aventura city government later purchased the school site from Gulfstream Park Racing and Casino for a facility designed to accommodate 800 students across 53,000 square feet (4,900 m2).[6] When Don Soffer Aventura High School opened in August 2019 with more than 100 students, construction remained incomplete.[6] In 2020, the school transitioned to remote learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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