Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School

Built on a former landfill, construction for Dr. Michael M. Krop High School began in 1996, after the Miami-Dade School Board approved plans to build a new high school in North Miami-Dade County to lessen overcrowding in local secondary schools, including North Miami Beach Senior High School.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} Various secondary schools in northeast Dade were relieved by Krop.Garcia, Lisette. "KROP STUDENTS' ENTHUSIASM RUNS HIGH" Miami Herald. September 6, 1998. Section Neighbors NE p. 3, 14. Available from NewsBank, Record# 9809110528. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80465386/for-krop-high/ Clipping of first] and [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80465398/for-krop-high/ of second page] from Newspapers.com.
Also titled "Enthusiasm marks opening days at Krop High", p. 6. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80465271/for-krop-high-school/ Clipping from] Newspapers.com. When it first opened it had about 1,500 students.Viera, David. "KROP BECOMES THE NEW SCHOOL ON THE BLOCK." Miami Herald. September 3, 1998. Section Neighbors KE p. 28. Available from NewsBank Record # 9809050359. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80465446/for-krop-high/ Clipping from] Newspapers.com. Opening its doors in 1998, Krop began with 9th and 10th grades and eventually added 11th and 12th grades; its first graduating class was the class of 2001. At the time of its opening, Krop had a total enrollment of 1,475 students.

In early 1998, before its opening, the naming of the school some controversy, as letters from members of the community indicated a preference for a more generic name. The school is named after Michael M. Krop (1930-2018),Kissell, Ted B. "[http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/the-name-game-6359688 The Name Game]." Miami New Times. Thursday October 22, 1998. Retrieved on January 11, 2016. an orthodontist who was first elected to the Miami-Dade School Board in 1980. He retired from the board in 2004, after 24 years of service.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}} Former board members Janet McAliley and Betsy Kaplan stated that they would not support renaming the school after him. On February 17, 1998,{{citation needed|date=January 2016}} the city council of Aventura issued a resolution urging the Miami-Dade County school board to name the new high school in northeast Miami-Dade County "Dr. Michael M. Krop High School." The Aventura Marketing Council, which included Krop as a member, and the city of North Miami Beach, also passed resolutions favoring the name change.

When Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High Biscayne Bay Campus opened in 2009, it relieved Krop High. Golden Beach, Sunny Isles Beach, and portions of North Miami Beach were rezoned to Mourning from Krop."[http://atmourning.dadeschools.net/Documents/SS_QQQ1_1-24-09.pdf SS_QQQ1_1-24-09.pdf] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815145256/http://atmourning.dadeschools.net/Documents/SS_QQQ1_1-24-09.pdf |date=2009-08-15 }}." Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High Biscayne Bay Campus. Retrieved on May 6, 2012.

In 2012, even though Krop had a strong academic reputation, some parents in the Aventura area promoted the idea of the city starting a public high school. At the time city council refused to go forward with the idea.Bojnansky, Eric. "[http://biscaynetimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1254 Class Conflict]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042853/http://biscaynetimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1254 Archive]). Biscayne Times. September 2012. Retrieved on January 11, 2016. However, by 2019 Aventura opened a new charter high school, Don Soffer Aventura High School. Colleen Wright of the Miami Herald stated that the new school could take students who would otherwise attend Krop.{{cite web|last=Wright|first=Colleen|url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/education/article234088377.html|title=It was a different kind of first day of class at this new high school in Aventura|newspaper=Miami Herald|date=2019-08-20|access-date=2020-10-20}} - [https://news.yahoo.com/different-kind-first-day-class-172624640.html Alternate link at] Yahoo News

For a period Krop was overcrowded, but by 2019 the building was at 86% capacity as the school had 2,400 students. In 2019, Wright wrote "Krop’s star power has waned with the opening of other high school options, including Alonzo and Tracy Mourning High School and MAST".

The school, in Ives Estates,[http://kropseniorhigh.org/ Home page]. Dr. Michael M. Krop High School. Retrieved on October 10, 2015. "1410 NE 215 Street Miami, FL 33179""[http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st12_fl/place/p1234400_ives_estates/DC10BLK_P1234400_001.pdf 2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Ives Estates CDP, FL]." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on October 10, 2015. is in proximity to the Miami-Dade County-Broward County line. Audra D.S. Burch and Carol Isensee of the Miami Herald described the campus as "sprawling".Burch, Audra D.S. and Carol Isensee. "Trayvon Martin: a typical teen who loved video games, looked forward to prom." Miami Herald. Thursday March 22, 2012. p. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120326022900/http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/03/22/2708960_p3/trayvon-martin-a-typical-teen.html 3] (). Retrieved on April 26, 2013.

In 1998 the north side of the campus had barbed wire. At the time of opening the area roads were dead-ends.

The STAR Academy is a performing and visual arts program that engenders Krop as a magnet school. Students in the "Students Training in the Arts Repertory (STAR)" program are involved in one or more of its six strands - dance, drama, vocal and instrumental music, visual arts, and television production. Students are accepted into the program through an audition process. Two of the six classes out of a student's yearly class schedule are dedicated to the arts each year.

The Lightning Strike{{Cite web |url=http://www.thelightningstrike.com/ |title=The Lightning Strike |access-date=2006-02-08 |archive-date=2007-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927203549/http://www.thelightningstrike.com/ |url-status=dead }} is Krop's monthly student newspaper.{{Cite web |title=The Lightning Strike |url=https://lightningstrikenews.com/ |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=The Lightning Strike}}

The newspaper was begun in 1998, when the school opened. It is designed using the page layout software Adobe InDesign and photo editing program Adobe Photoshop.

As of the 2005–2006 school year, the paper was converted to color on the front, middle and back, and is 20 pages each issue.

The newspaper is a member of the High School National Ad Network, Florida Scholastic Press Association, National Scholastic Press Association, Columbia Scholastic Press Association, and Quill and Scroll Honor Society.

Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School has a gymnasium which is used for basketball, volleyball and badminton. The football and baseball fields are located on campus, although the varsity football team plays at FIU Campus. MKHS offers these athletics:

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Fall schedule

• Bowling (boys and girls)
• Cross country (boys and girls)
• Football (varsity and junior varsity)
• Golf (boys and girls)
• Swimming (boys and girls)
• Girls' volleyball (varsity and junior varsity)

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Winter schedule

• Boys' basketball (varsity and junior varsity)
• Girls' basketball (varsity and junior varsity)
• Boys' soccer (varsity)
• Girls' soccer (varsity and junior varsity)
• Wrestling (varsity and junior varsity)

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Spring schedule

• Baseball (varsity and junior varsity)
• Softball (varsity and junior varsity)
• Tennis (boys and girls)
• Track and field (boys and girls)
• Water polo (boys and girls)
• Boys' volleyball (varsity)
• Badminton (boys and girls)

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The American football team plays its home games at North Miami Stadium. It was established in 1998 with 65 students in the 9th and 10th grades.

• Tennis (girls) - 2007, 2008, 2010
• Tennis (boys) - 2004, 2006, 2007

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• Trayvon MartinBurch, Audra D.S. and Carol Isensee. "Trayvon Martin: a typical teen who loved video games, looked forward to prom." Miami Herald. Thursday March 22, 2012. p. [http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/03/22/2708960/trayvon-martin-a-typical-teen.html 1]. Retrieved on April 26, 2013. - attended Miami Carol City High School for 9th grade and much of the 10th grade, transferred to Krop

File:Courtyard, Dr. Michael M. Krop High School, Florida (October 9 2007).jpg|Students having lunch

File:Dr. Michael M. Krop High School 4.jpg|A food court being added to the patios in early 2008

File:Dr. Michael M. Krop High School 3.jpg|The main entrance

File:Dr. Michael M. Krop High School.jpg|Some of the portable classrooms

File:Dr. Michael M. Krop High School 2.jpg|Side of the second building

File:Hallway at the Dr. Michael M. Krop High School.jpg|Hallway in Krop's southern patio

File:Dr. Michael M. Krop High School, Miami, Florida.jpg|Krop's northern patio

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20051026184503/http://kropshs.tripod.com/ Dr. Michael Krop Senior High School 2004-2005 Spanish Honor Society]
• [http://www2.dadeschools.net/schools/schoolinformation/school_details.asp?id=7141 Dadeschools.net information about Krop High School]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927192431/http://cbs4.com/topstories/local_story_132082834.html CBS TV: Two Drama Students Transformed Into "The Chongalicious Girls"]

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