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MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
NO. LTC #215-2025 LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO: Honorable Mayor Steven Meiner and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Rafael E. Granado, City C ler"'1J;:J,";O,.WJ.,Jo1LFAB8BAOBFBSE4CF ... DATE: May 20, 2025
SUBJECT: Committee for Quality Education Motions
The Committee for Quality Education would like you to be aware of the five following motions approved at the May 20, 2025 committee meeting regarding parental drop-off, code changes, Names Not Numbers project, Miami Beach Senior High graduation 2026, educational enhancements and the teacher appreciation event.
C: Executive Staff Dr. Leslie Rosenfeld, Chief Education and Performance Officer
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City of Miami Beach
Committee for Quality Education
Meeting of May 20,2025
Members Present:Beverly Heller,Mary Keinath,James Orlowsky,Amy Ostroff,Jonathan
Rothman,Ayala Jeger Mendlowitz,Jelena Khurana,Rina Bass,Laurie Kaye Davis,Faiza Liban,
Donielle Cohen,Seth Guttenberg,Jacquelynn Powers,and Christine Perrin-Stocco,
Members Absent:Hayley Ross,Elizabeth Soto,Karen Fryd and Devorah Zeiger
Motion 1
Made by Mary Keinath
Seconded by Faiza Liban
The Committee for Quality Education requests the Mayor and Commission support the pilot parental
morning drop-off at Miami Beach Senior High in the bus loop on Dade Boulevard,and asks for a
partnership with Miami-Dade County,Miami Dade County Public Schools and City of Miami Beach
to identify funding to reconfigure the intersection at Dade Boulevard and Washington Avenue to
allow for a dedicated East bound left turn lane and required signal upgrade for the 2025-26 school
year.
The Committee for Quality Education urges the Mayor and Commission to support the above
request.
Motion Passage 14-0
Motion 2
Made by Beverly Heller
Seconded by Laurie Kaye Davis
The Committee for Quality Education (CQE)requests the Mayor and Commission inform the
CQE any time a proposed code change or a variance request to the regulations affecting
schools and uses is made.
The Committee for Quality Education urges the Mayor and Commission to support the above
request.
Motion Passage 14-0
Motion 3
Made by Seth Guttenberg
Seconded by Beverly Heller
The Committee for Quality Education requests the Mayor and Commission expand funding access
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to the Names Not Numbers Holocaust Oral History Film Documentary Project to other eligible Miami
Beach Charter and Private Schools.
The Committee for Quality Education urges the Mayor and Commission to support the above
request.
Motion Passage 13-0
Absent Rina Bass
Motion 4
Made by Mary Keinath
Seconded by Jacquelynn Powers
The Committee for Quality Education requests the Mayor and Commission allow the use of the
Fillmore for the 2025-26 Miami Beach Senior High senior class graduation aligned to the school
Centennial Celebration and to support the school in the celebration of its centennial including but not
limited to the creation of a documentary of Miami Beach Senior High history,a concert,and a gala.
The Committee for Quality Education urges the Mayor and Commission to support the above
request.
Motion Passage 13-0
Absent Rina Bass
Motion 5
Made by Mary Keinath
Seconded by Beverly Heller
The Committee for Quality Education requests the Mayor and Commission continue to fund all
educational enhancements in FY 26 and going forward for Miami Beach public,private and charter
schools and fund the successful and enjoyed Teacher Appreciation event in FY 26.
The Committee for Quality Education urges the Mayor and Commission to support the above
request.
Motion Passage 13-0
Absent Rina Bass