Cutler Bay Senior High School

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Cutler Bay Senior High School
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School typePublic high school
EstablishedAugust 2012
PrincipalLucas de la Torre
Grades9th-12th

Cutler Bay Senior High School is a magnet school and public high school in Cutler Bay, Florida. It is a part of Miami Dade County Public Schools.

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History

Cutler Bay Senior High School was originally Centennial Middle School, which opened its doors in 1976. From 2011-12, the Cutler Bay town council expressed a desire for a high school. It first considered a charter school, but instead decided to persuade the Miami-Dade County School District to establish a district comprehensive high school. [1]

At the time the district chose to convert the school into a high school, the community's two middle schools -- Centennial for grades 7-8, Cutler Ridge for 6th grade -- had lower than average student populations. What became Cutler Bay High School took territory from Miami Southridge High School, the high school previously zoned for the town of Cutler Bay. [2] When Cutler Bay decided not to move forward with the charter school, it cut $70,000 from its budget intended for that purpose, which contributed to lowering taxes. [3]

Cutler Bay High opened in August 2012, [4] making it the first high school in the town. Mayor of Cutler Bay Ed MacDougall stated that, by having a zoned high school in the town limits, the community would feel invested in Cutler Bay High. [2] The Cutler Bay city council paid for the development of the school through a $2.75 million loan. [2]

Initially, the plan was for the building to support grades 7-12 with Centennial Middle School maintaining a presence on campus. The 7th and 8th grade classes were eventually moved to Cutler Ridge Middle School. [5] When it opened in 2012, Cutler Bay High only had the 9th grade, but added one grade per year until 2015. Its first graduating class in 2016 had 76 students. [4]

Curriculum and academic performance

The school offers Four magnet programs; Liberal Arts, iPrep (online-based), COAST, and Digital Business Marketing. Students may also opt into the Cambridge Program. [2]

It received an "A" rating from the State of Florida in 2016. [4]

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References

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