Miami-Dade superintendent: ‘Not one teacher is going to be let go’ because of fewer students

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — Miami-Dade County Public Schools Superintendent Jose Dotres said on Wednesday that the district will be able to sustain staffing expenses as planned for the 2025-26 school year despite a decrease in student enrollment that was higher than anticipated.

With about 13,060 fewer students, there was a decrease of about 4%. The district had nearly 326,280 when at the beginning of the 2024-25 school year, and 313,220 during the same period this year. This raised concerns since Florida’s public school funding is directly linked to student enrollment.

“Not one teacher is going to be let go,” Dotres said about the fear of cuts related to the budget implications…

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