Miami Beachs fastestgrowing school. has resorted to portable classrooms to relieve overcrowding. A dozen stand outside. neatly arranged in rows. Principal Carlos Fernandez expects six more this year. including two for a Head Start prekindergarten program. The added portables will help the school. 800 77th St.. cope with a student population expected to top more than 1.050 in September and reach 1.200 by next June. The school is in the middle of one of the Beachs fastestgrowing neighborhoods. growth brought on by immigration and young families moving from South Beach to North Beach. Without portables. the school could only handle about 500 students. Fernandez said.
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