According to this Miami Herald article, the Palmetto Bay Council approved a charter school to be built on vacant property on Franjo Road and 180th Street (map). The school will serve up to 1,400 pre-K through 12th grade students and is part of a larger project that will include 80 residential units, a 353 space parking garage, and a commercial complex. The Miami Herald also reports that the school will be a part of the Somerset Academy franchise, managed by a company called Academica. Our State Representative, Erik Fresen, sponsored the legislation that limits the control that municipalities have over charter schools. Fresen works for a firm that has designed several charter schools for Academica, and his sister and brother-in-law run Academica.
Source: http://www.cutlerbay.net/
