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Supt. Carvalho Welcomes 500 New Teachers

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MIAMI (CBS4) - In just about a week, the new school year will kick off in Miami-Dade, but a special group of teachers is already getting to work.

It's the first day of orientation for 500 brand new Miami-Dade School teachers, a day they've have been waiting for all summer long.

The orientation, which will last four days, is being held at Miami Jackson Senior High. Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho was on hand Thursday morning to welcome them personally.

Carvalho told them he started out as a teacher at Miami Jackson and they were joining the noblest of professions.

The superintendent posted a Twitter that they would make a difference in the young lives they were about to instruct.

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Miami-Dade County Public Schools is the fourth largest school district in the United States. It's comprised of 392 schools and 345,000 students from 160 countries who speak 56 different languages.

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