Mavericks High Schools are a group of for-profit
charter schools
A charter school is a school that receives government funding but operates independently of the established state school system in which it is located. It is independent in the sense that it operates according to the basic principle of autono ...
in
Florida operated by Mavericks in Education, an organization headquartered in
West Palm Beach, in
Greater Miami, in the United States.
[Contacts]
." Mavericks High Schools. Retrieved on January 16, 2012. 301 Southern Blvd, West Palm Beach, FL 33405"
Overview
Mavericks Schools have low graduation rates and use an online curriculum. Francis W. "Frank" Biden, the brother of
Joe Biden,
President of the United States, markets the chain.
Krista Morton, principal of the Mavericks High of Palm Springs, was arrested for smoking cannabis and being topless with a student in her car in 2017. Morton had been principal at another problem charter school before being hired by Mavericks.
Schools
Mavericks in Education operate the following schools:
;In Greater Miami
*Mavericks High of North Miami-Dade County (
North Miami Beach
North Miami Beach (commonly referred to as NMB) is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. Originally named "Fulford-by-the-Sea" in 1926 after Captain William H. Fulford of the U.S. Coast Guard, the city was renamed "North Miami Be ...
)
*Mavericks High of South Miami-Dade County (
Homestead)
*Mavericks High of Central Broward County (
Fort Lauderdale)
*Mavericks High of North Broward County (
Pompano Beach)
*Mavericks High of Palm Beach County (
Palm Springs)
;In Greater Orlando
*Mavericks High of Osceola County (
Kissimmee
Kissimmee ( ) is the largest city and county seat of Osceola County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 79,226. It is a Principal City of the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area, wh ...
)
;In Pinellas County
*Mavericks High of North Pinellas County (
Largo)
*Mavericks High of South Pinellas County (
St. Petersburg)
References
External links
Mavericks High Schools* Marshall, Tom.
" ''
St. Petersburg Times
The ''Tampa Bay Times'', previously named the ''St. Petersburg Times'' until 2011, is an American newspaper published in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States. It has won fourteen Pulitzer Prizes since 1964, and in 2009, won two in a single ...
''. August 14, 2008. Hernando Times 1.
* Rab, Lisa. "
ttp://www.browardpalmbeach.com/2011-12-29/news/mavericks-high-schools-hope-to-profit-from-education-ndash-but-at-what-cost/ Mavericks High Schools Hope to Profit From Education – But at What Cost? ''
Broward Palm Beach New Times''. Thursday December 29, 2011.
High schools in Florida
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