Denver Public Schools Superintendent Alex Marrero is out of the running for the job leading Miami-Dade County Public Schools in Florida.
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Miami-Dade has narrowed the list of 21 applicants to six semifinalists, a pool that no longer includes Marrero, Gabrielle Acosta, the district’s community outreach specialist, said in an email Wednesday.
The semifinalists — Jose Bueno, Ernie Lozano, Sylvia Mitchell, Carlos Perez, Christopher Ruszkowski and Rafael Villalobos — are largely from Florida, with two others currently working in Texas.
The Miami Herald reported that Marrero, one of the more high-profile applicants, did not appear to meet the Miami school board’s requirement that candidates have “public school classroom teaching experience or equivalent instructional experience.”
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The Miami district is seeking a successor to current Superintendent José Dotres, whose contract ends in February. He was paid $370,000 when first hired.
Miami-Dade County Public Schools enrolls 385,000 students and is significantly larger than DPS, which had 89,210 students during the 2025-26 school year.
Last year, Marrero was considered a finalist to lead Chicago Public Schools, but he withdrew after news reports revealed he was being considered for the job.
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This is a developing story and will be updated.
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