uniquely developed venue in South Florida. An open-air venue that will seat 5,000 people (3,000 covered canopy; 2,000 grass area), it is also used for film and television production. Amenities includes a ticket booth, electronic signage, lakes, and fountains. Education Miramar is served by Broward County Public Schools. Public schools Elementary schools Middle schools New Renaissance Middle School Glades Middle School Silver Trail Middle School in Pembroke Pines – People living in the conservation area between Interstate 75 and the county line are zoned to Silver Trail Middle. K–8 schools Annabel C. Perry K–8 High schools Everglades High School Miramar High School Alternative schools Henry D. Perry Education Center Charter schools Somerset Academy Miramar Elementary Charter School Somerset Academy Central Miramar Elementary Charter School Somerset Academy Miramar Middle Charter School Somerset Academy Central Miramar Middle Charter School Somerset Academy Central Miramar High Charter School Private schools The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami operates Catholic schools. Saint Bartholomew Catholic School is in Miramar. Saint Stephen Catholic School opened in 1956. It opened in the 1950s and closed in 2009, with the building rented to a charter school. Trade schools DeVry University Chamberlain College of Nursing University of Phoenix Strayer University Le Cordon Bleu Higher education Broward College (Miramar Town Center) Broward College (Miramar West Center) Florida International University (FIU) (Miramar West Center) Nova Southeastern University (Miramar Campus) University of Florida MBA (South Florida Campus) Government Municipal government On June 20, 1955, the city's inaugural mayor and city council were sworn in, all having been appointed by the Governor of Florida. They all served until the city's first municipal elections were held in 1959. The city's current mayor is Wayne Messam. Miramar currently operates under a council–manager government. Up until March 13, 1991, the city had previously operated under the "strong mayor" form of the mayor–city council form of government. In 1989, by unanimous accord of the mayor and the Miramar City Commission, work was laid to study changing to a council–manager form of government. On March 14, 1990, Miramar voters approved a referendum to change to this form of government. List of mayors Media Miramar is a part of the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood media market, which is the twelfth largest radio market and the seventeenth largest television market in the United States. Its primary daily newspapers are the South Florida-Sun Sentinel and The Miami Herald, and their Spanish-language counterparts El Sentinel and