Miami Carol City Senior High School
high school in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States
Miami Carol City Senior High School (MCCSH) is a public high school located at 3301 Miami Gardens Drive
in Miami Gardens, Florida, United States. It was established in 1963. The school is part of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools system. The school serves students from the area of Miami Gardens, a community south of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, north of downtown Miami, Florida and home to the Miami Dolphins, in what is currently known as Hard Rock Stadium.
History
The school opened in an unincorporated area of Miami-Dade County in 1963. At the time, farms were in the surrounding area. Several years later integration busing brought African Americans from areas such as Bunche Park to Carol City. The school was racially integrated in 1967.
In 1986, ten faculty members, including three teachers, were found to have engaged in crimes; each person was found to have committed recreational drug use or property theft.
The public source identifies “Miami Carol City Senior High School” as high school in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Miami, Carol and City.
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