The Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart Board of Trustees has voted unanimously to appoint Susan Tyree Dempf, Ph.D., the next head of school, effective July 1. Located in Lake Forest, Woodlands Academy is an all-girls, college-preparatory day-and-boarding high school.
Vice Mayor Vince Lago elected to Coral Gables Mayor on April 13. Photo credit: vincelagoformayor.com
Coral Gables has a new mayor. On April 13, Vince Lago was chosen by the Coral Gables residents to be their next mayor, replacing Mayor Raúl Valdés-Faul after four terms in city hall.
The election’s recurring theme was marked by debate over the City Beautiful losing its character in the name of progress.
Lago defeated candidates Patricia Keon and Jackson Rip Holmes, earning around 60 percent of approximately 10,000 votes cast.
Lago, 43 celebrated his win at Bay 13 surrounded by friends and family.
“I am feeling euphoric; this is a win for the community,” said Lago. “The community sent a strong message today. We won emphatically, even over some pretty adverse situations.”
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What was supposed to be a quiet election for Coral Gables on Tuesday turned out to be a contentious mayoral race. While the main issue in the contest was about real estate development in Coral Gables, mayoral candidate Vince Lago came under fire in the weeks leading up to election after the Miami Herald revealed Lago signed a letter from last October directed to Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart.
The letter condemned the Catholic school’s mission statement. A new amendment promised to “educate students to analyze and work to eradicate social structures, practices, systems, and values that perpetuate racism and other injustices.”