May 2017 LTC 278-2017 Committee for Quality Education MotionsMIAMSEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
NO. LTC # 278-2017 LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO: Mayor Philip Levine and Members o the City C mission
FROM: Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager
DATE: May 23, 2017
SUBJECT: Committee for Quality Education M ions
The Committee for Quality Education would like you to be aware of the following motion requesting
the enforcement of a zero tolerance drug policy for all public schools in the feeder pattern, approved
at the May 23, 2017 committee meeting.
c: Executive Staff
Dr. Leslie Rosenfeld, Chief Learning Development Officer
Attach /men
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City of Miami Beach
Committee for Quality Education
Meeting of May 23, 2017
Members Present: Beverly Heller, Beth Edwards, Kayla Rynor, Karen Edelstein, Ivan Alvarez,
Judith Berson -Levinson, Betsy Mateu, Yvette Tache, Joshua Levy, Tiffany Heckler, and Stewart
Turner
Members Absent: Jessica Rivero, Jordan Leonard, Faiza Liban, and Damond Neely,
Motion made by Beverly Heller
Motion seconded by Dr. Judith Berson -Levinson
Motion Text:
The Committee for Quality Education requests that the Miami Beach Mayor and Commission,
through the Education Compact, urge the Miami Beach police department and Miami -Dade
County Public Schools (M-DCPS) police department to develop and vigorously enforce a zero
tolerance drug policy for Miami Beach Senior High School and feeder schools, to be
implemented prior to the start of the 2017-18 school year.
The Committee for Quality Education urges the Mayor and Commission to support the above
request.
Motion Passage: Votes 12-0