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located at 1410 County Line Road in Ives Estates, an unincorporated area of north

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address),

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, and the unincorporated areas around the school such as Ives Estates/California Club and

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. The school is located on the Miami-Dade side of the

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- Broward County line, and is the northernmost high school in the district. Lee Krueger currently serves as principal. Krop is considered to be a

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because it has a "Students Training in the Arts Repertory (STAR)" program. This magnet program is a visual and performing arts program that is open to students in the greater Miami area. Due to the recession of 2008 and ongoing financial issues, the STAR program has had severe cuts in its funding. The school gained national attention after one of its students,

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History

Built on a former

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, construction for Dr. Michael M. Krop High School began in 1996, after the

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approved plans to build a new high school in North

to lessen overcrowding in local secondary schools, including

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grades; its first graduating class was the class of 2001. At the time of its opening, Krop had a total enrollment of 1,475 students. In early 1998, before its opening, the naming of the school some controversy, as letters from members of the community indicated a preference for a more generic name. The school is named after Michael M. Krop (1930-2018),Kissell, Ted B.
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"Dr. Michael M. Krop High School." The Aventura Marketing Council, which included Krop as a member, and the city of

, also passed resolutions favoring the name change. When

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opened in 2009, it relieved Krop High. Golden Beach,

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were rezoned to Mourning from Krop. In 2012, even though Krop had a strong academic reputation, some parents in the Aventura area promoted the idea of the city starting a public high school. At the time city council refused to go forward with the idea. However, by 2019 Aventura opened a new charter high school,

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For a period Krop was overcrowded, but by 2019 the building was at 86% capacity as the school had 2,400 students. In 2019, Wright wrote "Krop’s star power has waned with the opening of other high school options, including

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Campus

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STAR Academy

The STAR Academy is a performing and visual arts program that engenders Krop as a magnet school. Students in the "Students Training in the Arts Repertory (STAR)" program are involved in one or more of its six strands - dance, drama, vocal and instrumental music, visual arts, and television production. Students are accepted into the program through an audition process. Two of the six classes out of a student's yearly class schedule are dedicated to the arts each year.

''The Lightning Strike''

''The Lightning Strike'' is Krop's monthly student

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. The newspaper was begun in 1998, when the school opened. It is designed using the page layout software

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. As of the 2005–2006 school year, the paper was converted to color on the front, middle and back, and is 20 pages each issue. The newspaper is a member of the

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, Florida Scholastic Press Association,

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, Columbia Scholastic Press Association, and Quill and Scroll Honor Society.

Athletics

Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School has a gymnasium which is used for basketball, volleyball and badminton. The football and baseball fields are located on campus, although the varsity football team plays at FIU Campus. MKHS offers these athletics: Fall schedule * Bowling (boys and girls) * Cross country (boys and girls) * Football (varsity and junior varsity) * Golf (boys and girls) * Swimming (boys and girls) * Girls' volleyball (varsity and junior varsity) Winter schedule * Boys' basketball (varsity and junior varsity) * Girls' basketball (varsity and junior varsity) * Boys' soccer (varsity) * Girls' soccer (varsity and junior varsity) * Wrestling (varsity and junior varsity) Spring schedule * Baseball (varsity and junior varsity) * Softball (varsity and junior varsity) * Tennis (boys and girls) * Track and field (boys and girls) * Water polo (boys and girls) * Boys' volleyball (varsity) * Badminton (boys and girls) The American football team plays its home games at North Miami Stadium. It was established in 1998 with 65 students in the 9th and 10th grades.

State Championships

* Tennis (girls) - 2007, 2008, 2010 * Tennis (boys) - 2004, 2006, 2007

Notable alumni

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for 9th grade and much of the 10th grade, transferred to Krop High School * Angel Rodríguez - former basketball player for the

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Gallery

File:Courtyard, Dr. Michael M. Krop High School, Florida (October 9 2007).jpg, Students having lunch File:Dr. Michael M. Krop High School 4.jpg, A food court being added to the patios in early 2008 File:Dr. Michael M. Krop High School 3.jpg, The main entrance File:Dr. Michael M. Krop High School.jpg, Some of the portable classrooms File:Dr. Michael M. Krop High School 2.jpg, Side of the second building File:Hallway at the Dr. Michael M. Krop High School.jpg, Hallway in Krop's southern patio File:Dr. Michael M. Krop High School, Miami, Florida.jpg, Krop's northern patio

References

* Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School (2010–2011) agenda

External links

Dr. Michael M. Krop High School's official website
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Dr. Michael Krop Senior High School 2004-2005 Spanish Honor Society

Dadeschools.net information about Krop High School

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