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While Barry University is primarily a liberal arts college the university has expanded its programs of study to include specialized programs in nursing teacher education medical technology and social work, Key Biscayne 3 College sports, See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Miami-Dade County Florida. Most of the western fringes of the city border the Everglades a tropical marshland covering most of the southern portion of Florida Alligators that live in the marshes have ventured into Miami communities and onto major highways. 4 Student life Management and New Growth Opportunities 2015. Tri-Rail Miami's commuter rail system connects to the three counties north to south. Freedom Tower Moss School of Construction Infrastructure and Sustainability In accordance with measures set forth by the state any school that had been graded as a D or F on the FCAT the previous academic year were put on an academic probation by the school board giving the administration three years to bring the school's grade up to a C or higher before taking drastic measures such as firing all teachers and administrators or removing funding for extracurricular activities.[citation needed]. Wings Over Miami Museum Miami A turning point came for development in the Everglades at the proposal in the late 1960s for an expanded airport after Miami International Airport outgrew its capacities the new jetport was planned to be larger than O'Hare Dulles JFK and LAX airports combined,[citation needed] and the chosen location was 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Everglades National Park the first sentence of the U.S Department of Interior study of the environmental impact of the jetport read "Development of the proposed jetport and its attendant facilities . will inexorably destroy the south Florida ecosystem and thus the Everglades National Park" When studies indicated the proposed jetport would create 4,000,000 US gallons (15,000,000 L) of raw sewage a day and 10,000 short tons (9,100 t) of jet engine pollutants a year the project met staunch opposition the New York Times called it a "blueprint for disaster" and Wisconsin senator Gaylord Nelson wrote to President Richard Nixon voicing his opposition: "It is a test of whether or not we are really committed in this country to protecting our environment." Governor Claude Kirk withdrew his support for the project and Marjory Stoneman Douglas was persuaded at 79 years old to go on tour to give hundreds of speeches against it Nixon instead established Big Cypress National Preserve announcing it in the Special Message to the Congress Outlining the 1972 Environmental Program. .

S In 1997 Dade County formally changed its name to Miami-Dade County and the school board subsequently changed its name as well. From 1858 to 1896 only a handful of families made their homes in the Miami area Those that did lived in small settlements along Biscayne Bay the first of these settlements formed at the mouth of the Miami River and was variously called Miami Miamuh and Fort Dallas Foremost among the Miami River settlers were the Brickells William Brickell had previously lived in Cleveland Ohio California and Australia where he met his wife Mary in 1870 Brickell bought land on the south bank of the river the Brickells and their children operated a trading post and post office on their property for the rest of the 19th century.