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Climate In Florida each county is also a school district Each district is headed by an elected school board a professional superintendent manages the day-to-day operations of each district who is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the School Board, Class of 2001, HistoryMiami Downtown Miami Main articles: New Spain Spanish Florida French and Indian War Treaty of Paris (1763) West Florida East Florida Indian Reserve (1763) American Revolutionary War Gulf Coast campaign Treaty of Paris (1783) and Spanish West Florida! Marine debris strewn over the beaches of the South Atlantic Inaccessible Island, The Florida land boom of the 1920s was Florida's first real estate bubble which burst in 1925 the land boom left behind entire new cities such as Coral Gables Hialeah Miami Springs Opa-locka Miami Shores and Hollywood it also left behind the remains of failed development projects such as Aladdin City in south Miami-Dade County Fulford-by-the-Sea in what is now North Miami Beach Miami's Isola di Lolando in north Biscayne Bay Boca Raton as it had originally been planned and Palm Beach Ocean just north of Palm Beach the land boom shaped Florida's future for decades and created entire new cities out of the Everglades land that remain today the story includes many parallels to the real estate boom of the 2000s including the forces of outside speculators easy credit access for buyers and rapidly appreciating property values, 2.4 Rankings Central Bay is the largest part of the bay It is separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the Safety Valve it has been adversely affected primarily by bulkheading urban runoff discharged by canals and the loss of natural fresh water flow.

Other major newspapers include Miami Today headquartered in Brickell Miami New Times headquartered in Midtown Miami Sun Post South Florida Business Journal Miami Times and Biscayne Boulevard Times an additional Spanish-language newspapers Diario Las Americas also serve Miami the Miami Herald is Miami's primary newspaper with over a million readers and is headquartered in Downtown in Herald Plaza Several other student newspapers from the local universities such as the oldest the University of Miami's the Miami Hurricane Florida International University's the Beacon Miami-Dade College's the Metropolis Barry University's the Buccaneer amongst others Many neighborhoods and neighboring areas also have their own local newspapers such as the Aventura News Coral Gables Tribune Biscayne Bay Tribune and the Palmetto Bay News, Since its signing the State of Florida reports that it has spent more than $2 billion on the various projects More than 36,000 acres (150 km2) of Stormwater Treatment Areas have been constructed to filter 2,500 short tons (2,300 t) of phosphorus from Everglades waters an STA spanning 17,000 acres (69 km2) was constructed in 2004 making it the largest manmade wetland in the world Fifty-five percent of the land necessary to acquire for restoration has been purchased by the State of Florida totaling 210,167 acres (850.52 km2) a plan to hasten the construction and funding of projects was put into place named "Acceler8" spurring the start of six of eight large construction projects including that of three large reservoirs However federal funds have not been forthcoming; CERP was signed when the U.S government had a budget surplus but since then deficits have renewed and two of CERP's major supporters in Congress retired According to a story in the New York Times state officials say the restoration is lost in a maze of "federal bureaucracy a victim of 'analysis paralysis'" CERP still remains controversial as the projects slated for Acceler8 environmental activists note are those that benefit urban areas and regions in the Everglades in desperate need of water are still being neglected suggesting that water is being diverted to make room for more people in an already overtaxed environment. 1 University of Miami 12,818 Following the demise of the Calusa and Tequesta Native Americans in southern Florida were referred to as "Spanish Indians" in the 1740s probably due to their friendlier relations with Spain the Creek invaded the Florida peninsula; they conquered and assimilated what was left of pre-Columbian societies into the Creek Confederacy They were joined by remnant Indian groups and formed the Seminole a new tribe by ethnogenesis the Seminole originally settled in the northern portion of the territory in addition free blacks and fugitive slaves made their way to Florida where Spain had promised slaves freedom and arms if they converted to Catholicism and pledged loyalty to Spain These African Americans gradually created communities near those of the Seminole and became known as the Black Seminoles the groups acted as allies. Gold Coast The military penetration of southern Florida offered the opportunity to map a poorly understood and largely unknown part of the country an 1840 expedition into the Everglades offered the first printed account for the general public to read about the Everglades the anonymous writer described the terrain the party was crossing:, Florida has 67 counties Some reference materials may show only 66 because Duval County is consolidated with the City of Jacksonville There are 379 cities in Florida (out of 411) that report regularly to the Florida Department of Revenue but there are other incorporated municipalities that do not the state government's primary revenue source is sales tax Florida does not impose a personal income tax the primary revenue source for cities and counties is property tax; unpaid taxes are subject to tax sales which are held (at the county level) in May and (due to the extensive use of online bidding sites) are highly popular. 3.1.1 Concourse D Gainesville, Westchester In 1986 the district started the first International Studies Magnet Program at Sunset Elementary School one of the first such programs in the U.S This program won the prestigious 2008 Goldman Sachs Prize for Excellence in International Education it focuses on implementing a challenging curriculum in Spanish French and German in addition to English This challenging world language curriculum is fully accredited by the governments of Spain France and Germany and is implemented through comprehensive agreements between the Ministries of Education of the partner countries and Miami-Dade County Public Schools the district through the International Studies Magnet Program at Sunset Elementary School started to produce bicultural bilingual and biliterate students in English and their choice of Spanish French or German. I-395 Dolphin Expresswa ), (19.8) 73.1 Other colleges and schools, 2010 399,457 10.2% Students Florida U.S Census. .