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The Miami-Dade County School Board is asking for federal support to educate the thousands of Cuban refugee students expected to arrive in South Florida.About 8,000 Cuban refugees have made it to Costa Rica and are on their way to the U.S., and many of their kids will end up in Miami-Dade public schools. UpdatedStranded Cubans Begin Long-Awaited Trip"the time is now for the federal government to take action," Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent Albert Carvalho said Wednesday.Already this school year, more than 13,000 immigrant children have enrolled and Carvalho is expecting up to 20,000 before the school year is over. Each one of those students costs an extra $2,700 to educate, so the district is asking the feds to pony up some cash. Subtropical Storm Alex Forms Far Out in Atlantic"Immigration is a federal responsibility and federal inaction that creates a stress point on cities, municipalities and the school system is not acceptable," Carvalho said."Currently, what is happening is they just show up at a school and we just deal with it," school board member Raquel Regalado said.
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