Retired Detroit Lion Bennie Blades, and UM Alumni,Glen M. Carter, have teamed up to open a private school, the Glen M. Carter Academy. 

The school, located at 305 North Dixie Highway, Hallandale Beach, FL., will be from the first to the sixth grade. However, due to the 6,000 students who received a certificate of attendance instead of a diploma, they have put together a special program for 12th graders who cannot pass the FCAT. 

This is a fully accredited program with the opportunity to get training with Green companies (solar energy), automotive, A+ computer certification and professional sewing. Students are allowed to attend this school and still play sports at their home school according to Blades, so they can still be eligible for college sports.