QEC Minutes 05.23.23
COMMITTEE FOR QUALITY EDUCATION
City of Miami Beach Tuesday, May 23, 2023
9:00am-11:00am
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Members Present: Mary Keinath, Joshua Levy, Yvette Tache , Beverly Heller, Laurie
Kaye Davis, James Orlowsky, Julie Basner, Tiere Hessert, Beth Edwards, Christine
Perrin-Stocco, C.B. Eisner, Lily Delamotte, Shaye Guttenberg, Brittany Faw, Jacquelynn
Powers
Members Absent: Evie Fernandez, Rina Bass, Amy Ostroff
Presentations:
Sandra Bermudez, CEO, The Lucy Project – Introduction
Jose Gonzalez, CMB Transportation – Drop-off Lane Update
Lucia Baez-Geller, MDCPS Board Member – General Update
Minutes approval for April meeting
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 – waiting on Transportation
team update
2. C4E MBSH Scoreboard pending MDCPS draft amendment to
the JUA for MBSH Field. CMB selected vendor and shared
specs with MDCPS
3. C7H Allocation of STEM funding in the amount of $275,000
CMB has identified vendors and is ready to purchase once
MDCPS returns agreement
4. R7D and R9H – NBE infrastructure approved and underway
5. C7H April 28 2023 Commission meeting – SAVE Foundation
$75,000 grant for LGBTQ resource media campaign
6. C7AG March 27, 2023 Commission Meeting Reso 2023-32545
$25,000.00, to assist the city with exploring all available options
for the city to partner with the school board of Miami Dade
county to assume some portion of deferred maintenance and
security functions for the benefit of public schools located in the
city of Miami Beach.
Motion Made by Mary Keinath
Second by Beverly Heller
The Committee for Quality Education would like to request the Mayor and Commission
continue to support the implementation of all current educational
enhancements/programs in Miami Beach schools. The Committee for Quality Education
urges the Mayor and Commission to support the above request.
Motion Passage: Votes 13-0
Absent for Vote: Joshua Levy and Chana Eisner
FUTURE MEETING DATES:
8/22/23
9/26/23
10/24/23
11/14/23
1/23/24
2/27/24
3/19/24
4/16/24
5/28/24