Gallon: ‘Turnaround starts with awareness’ New school board members begin journey for change in their districts Fresh off his victory celebration in the District 1 School Board race, Steve Gallon received well-wishes from his campaign team, new board colleagues and Superintendent Alberto Carvalho. He didn’t hear from Wilbert “Tee” Holloway, the man he defeated in […]
Schools Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho, School Board Member Dr. Steve Gallon III, Principal Lakesha M. Wilson-Rochelle and district representatives gathered at Scott Lake Elementary Oct. 5 to break ground on its general obligation bond (GOB) construction project at the Northwest Miami-Dade school. Slated to be completed on August 2018, the school district estimates the project […]
Miami-Dade Public Schools will begin tracking improvement plans, teacher quality and resource allocation at F schools in the district under a proposal put forward by District 1 Board Member Steve Gallon. The measure, presented at the Dec. 14 board meeting, passed unanimously. All eight of Gallon’s colleagues signed on as sponsors —- a feat that reportedly […]
Miami-Dade County Public Schools is looking to have a stocked pantry to have food ready for low-income children in the event a hurricane shuts disrupts the area. That’s the plan offered in a policy item that likely will be approved at Wednesday’s school board meeting. The proposal by District One Board Member Steve Gallon III […]
Miami-Dade County District 1 School Board member Steve Gallon III, Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho, staff, students and community leaders gathered at Myrtle Grove K-8 Center last Tuesday for a ribbon-cutting event as part of the approval of a $1.2 billion General Obligation Bond. The bond received nearly 70 percent approval by voters in 2012. At […]
Steve Gallon III, Miami-Dade School Board Member for District One, received the Benjamin Elijah Mays Lifetime Achievement Award from the National School Boards Association Council of Urban Boards of Education’s (CUBE). Micah Ali, chairman of the Council of Urban Boards of Education, lauded Gallon in announcing the honor. “For nearly 30 years, at every level […]
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