QEC Minutes 4.26.22
COMMITTEE FOR QUALITY EDUCATION
City of Miami Beach Tuesday, April 26, 2022
9:00am-11:00am
_________________________ MINUTES ____________________________
Minutes approved for March 15, 2022
Status of Motions – DISCUSSED
Commission Meeting items
1. C4R Referral (Meiner) NQLC and C4AE Referral
(Richardson) MBSH Drop off and Pick Up – February 25,
2022 Finance Meeting discussed. $175,000 recommended
as match to MDCPS and Miami Dade County
2. C4D MBSH Marching Band request for uniform funds
$20,000 recommended at March 30 Finance meeting and
on May 4 Commission Agenda
3. C4E MBSH Scoreboard request matching fund $12,500
recommended at March 30 Finance meeting and on May 4
Commission agenda
4. C4F MB Chamber request $100,000 prostart kitchen at
MBSH referred to April 29 Finance meeting
Education Compact
1. Safety / Traffic - discussed
• Traffic Issue – MBSH (Ferrer)- motion above discussed
• School safety communication motion 12.7.21 – MBSH on April 27
PSNQLC meeting PD – on next PSNQL meeting May 2022
2. Communication – updates provided
• School Board update – legislative issues update Ms. Tabitha
Fazzino and Parents Bill of Rights- provided
• Feeder Pattern Update- provided
3. Student Achievement
Motion
Made by Beverly Heller
Second by Laurie Kaye Davis
The Committee for Quality Education requests the Mayor and City Commission
support the Miami-Dade County Public School priority that Advanced Placement
(AP) Capstone graduates, starting with an estimated 220 Miami Beach Senior
High School 2025 graduates, receive the same recognition as International
Baccalaureate (IB) and Cambridge Diploma graduates by automatically
qualifying for the Bright Futures Scholarship.
The Committee for Quality Education urges the Mayor and Commission to
support the above request.
Motion Passage: Votes 11-0
4. Parental Involvement/Family Support/Youth and Community Engagement
• BB Court improvement at South Pointe Elementary City request
awaiting response – update provided
• Beach High Courtyard PTSA Initiative update – awaiting invoice from
MDCPS for fence funds from CMB – update provided
5. Technology
6. Teacher Recruitment/Retention
• Teach at the Beach – Substitute Teacher Incentive Program –
printing flyers to post and share – update provided
• Teach at the Beach Dual Enrollment Instructor – April 6 Commission
Agenda approved funding for UF dual enrollment partnership for the
22-23 school year – update provided
7. Health / Mental Health
8. New Business / Announcements
• Education Office/Department - deferred to May meeting
9. Adjournment
FUTURE MEETING DATES:
5/24/22