Linda Lentin K-8 Center
Encyclopedia
The Linda Lentin K-8 Center (formerly Linda Lentin Elementary School) is a public school located in North Miami
, Florida
, USA. The principal is Agenoria Powell.
Board, Linda Lentin. In October 1996, the Board had postponed a decision on whether schools should be named after active members of the Board and then later in the same month ruled against it. Following a change in membership of the Board in November 1996, the decision was made to allow the school to be named after her.
When Linda Lentin K-8 Center opened in 1998, it was just an elementary school catering for grades K-5.
The school was dedicated on 19 May 1999 and opened in November of that year.
In 2001, the school showed a marked improvement in their Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test
.
In 2004, 6th grade was added to the school, with the school later taking 7th and 8th grade students. The enrollment went from 530 students to over 1,000 students after the new building was built.
North Miami, Florida
North Miami is a suburban city located in northeast Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, about north of Miami. The city lies on Biscayne Bay and hosts the Biscayne Bay Campus of Florida International University, and the North Miami campus of Johnson & Wales University...
, Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
, USA. The principal is Agenoria Powell.
History
The school was named after a member of the Miami-Dade County Public SchoolsMiami-Dade County Public Schools
Miami-Dade County Public Schools is a public school district serving Miami-Dade County, Florida. Founded in 1885, it is the largest school district in Florida and the Southeastern United States, and the fourth largest in the United States, with a student enrollment of 380,006 as of July 5, 2010...
Board, Linda Lentin. In October 1996, the Board had postponed a decision on whether schools should be named after active members of the Board and then later in the same month ruled against it. Following a change in membership of the Board in November 1996, the decision was made to allow the school to be named after her.
When Linda Lentin K-8 Center opened in 1998, it was just an elementary school catering for grades K-5.
The school was dedicated on 19 May 1999 and opened in November of that year.
In 2001, the school showed a marked improvement in their Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test
Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test
The Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, or the FCAT , is the standardized test used in the primary and secondary public schools of Florida...
.
In 2004, 6th grade was added to the school, with the school later taking 7th and 8th grade students. The enrollment went from 530 students to over 1,000 students after the new building was built.
School Grades
- Year 2009-10: C
- Year 2008-09: C
- Year 2007-08: C
- Year 2006-07: B
- Year 2005-06: B
- Year 2003-04: C
- Year 2002-03: C
- Year 2001-02: C
- Year 2000-01: D
- Year 1999-00: D
- Year 1998-99: D