• J.R.E. Lee Opportunity School is an alternative middle school in the Miami-Dade County Public School system with boundaries extending from north of Flagler Street to the Miami-Dade/Monroe County line. Our students come from middle schools in Regions IV, V, and VI and include Exceptional Education, Limited English Proficient, and both male and female students from a variety of ethnic backgrounds. The typical J.R.E. Lee student is 13-15 years old and academically deficient in the content areas, especially reading and writing. Students are assigned to us in lieu of expulsion for various infractions of the Code of Student Conduct. We combine the development of reading and career skills; lessons that easily relate to real-life situations; the use of a Multiple Intelligences approach; and an emphasis on hands-on activities, in order to meet the diverse needs of this population. Advanced academic classes are provided based on the enrollment of eligible students. Currently, no students who meet this criteria are enrolled.

• J.R.E. Lee Opportunity School is located at 6521 S.W. 62 Avenue on 3.34 acres in South Miami, an incorporated city in Miami-Dade County. Four buildings house 22 classrooms. This 78-year-old school was built in 1924 and served the South Miami area as an elementary community school until the mid 1970's when it was converted to a middle school to provide alternative educational placement in the southern portion of Miami-Dade County.

• This school has been retrofitted to provide Internet service to all classrooms, and there is a minimum of three computers in each classroom. Four of the 22 classrooms have been converted to learning laboratories with a minimum of 20 computers. For the past six years, a serious commitment has been made to improve technology school wide, backed by the allocation of a minimum of 10 percent of the discretionary balance of the school budget. The Technology Education, Family and Consumer Sciences, and Business Education laboratories have undergone major renovations. The changes made in each laboratory provide better work stations and new equipment related to the technology-oriented workplace.  E-rate funds have been used to add Internet connections throughout the school. QZAB funding has been used to assist with purchasing the additional hardware needed in order to ensure that each classroom has at least three computer stations.

• The Business Education laboratory replaced the previously outdated Career Laboratory. This new laboratory was selected to participate in the Business Center 21 pilot program; we are the first middle school in Miami-Dade County to feature a wireless network. Allocation for this project was provided by the district office of technology. The media center has been updated with new furniture; Circulation Plus has been added..