Dade County Schools will have to find a new superintendent by May 1, because current Superintendent Shawn Tobin has announced he will retire.
“Dade County is the most spiritual, patriotic and empathetic environment in which I have lived,” Tobin wrote in a farewell letter to school employees — or, as he called them “Dear Dade Family.”
Among the accomplishments Tobin cited during his three years on the job is establishing the Dade County Mentorship Program, which he wrote is “one of the best mentorship programs in the state.”
“It is incredible what can happen when we allow our churches to be more involved with our schools,” he wrote.
Trudy Luken, a county resident who approached Tobin about setting up the mentorship program, said it has been a success. About 55 students now are involved, she said, ranging in age from elementary school to high school.