Decision Expected Sunday On Reopening Miami-Dade Schools

MIAMI, FL — Miami-Dade County school officials will decide by noon Sunday when they will be able to reopen schools. Officials said they continue to be "optimistic" that classes can resume on Monday. Broward County schools announced earlier Saturday that they plan to reopen Monday.

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"Following Miami-Dade County Public Schools’ 5 p.m. emergency management meeting, we continue to be optimistic about a Monday re-opening of our schools," Miami-Dade school officials said on Saturday. (For more hurricane news or local news from Florida, click here to sign up for real-time news alerts and newsletters from Miami Patch, and click here to find your local Florida Patch. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

"An announcement will be made prior to noon tomorrow after reviewing final reports from school maintenance work done overnight, results from a second dry run of bus routes that experienced accessibility issues on Saturday, and an update on power restoration from FPL, which currently reports two schools without power," school officials added.

Broward County school officials said that they planned to contact state education officials to determine how to handle the seven lost school days as a result of Hurricane Irma.

Miami-Dade Schools Chief Alberto Carvalho courtesy Miami-Dade County Public Schools