Miami-Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS) sends renovated school buses to Haiti to become mobile classrooms.

Students from MDCPS’ vocational schools are taking 10 surplus school buses, removing the original seats and adding cafeteria-type seats for students, a desk for the teacher, as well as a blackboard, pencils, books, and so on, before they are sent to Haiti. The school buses will act as classrooms for all the displaced children from Haiti’s recent 7.0 earthquake, which leveled much of the country, including many of its schools.

“Any help that can be provided for these Haitian children who are in such unimaginable conditions, will be greatly appreciated,” wrote MDCPS Administrative Director Jerry Klein in a letter to transportation directors around the state.

The letter, which was forwarded by State Director and NASDPTS President Charlie Hood, asks other school districts in Florida to assist MDCPS in its effort. Any school district wishing to donate one or more surplus buses should immediately notify Klein’s office at (305) 234-0849 within the next two weeks with the manufacturer, year and configuration information of the school bus to be donated. All buses must be in good condition and running order. The buses must also have the seats removed and the property control transfer information must be provided prior to delivery.