We need the heart of Key Biscayne K-8 Center back! Our Media Center is our largest academic space and was recently remodeled (2017) It was closed last school year due to the pandemic. Now this school year we do not have a Media Specialist and our Library Clerk was surplussed.

Key Biscayne K-8 Center has had the highest circulation of books in the county in previous years. However, now our students cannot access the library and check out books because it is being used for testing, speech therapy, and as a vaccination site.

Many Media Centers in Miami Dade County Public Schools are open and have been checking out books since the beginning of the school year. In fact many Media Centers from MDCPS have been recently renovated and students are enjoying them.

It is very difficult to understand why our school did not plan appropriately and staff our Media Center during the summer break.

Our Media Center is a hub for student learning, a place for teachers to collaborate and access instructional technology, and often, a public space for faculty, board, and parent association meetings.

Our school library helps students connect to reading and digital literacies in a variety of ways. It needs to open as soon as posible! In addition, parents are willing to volunteer to help work at the library so it can open immediately and offer the students the opportunity to check out books and become avid readers.