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Apology accepted, but Campbell Park Elementary principal moved over racial email

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A white principal of a predominantly black elementary school who told her staff to put white students in the same classrooms is no longer at the Florida school. Christine Hoffman requested a transfer off the Campbell Park Elementary School campus in St. Petersburg on Monday while district officials review her tenure. The Tampa Bay Times reports that Hoffman’s email included detailed instructions for deciding classroom rosters. The instructions required classrooms to have students of mixed reading levels to be together,…

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Black students sue Pinellas County school district over killing ‘successful’ reading program

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Parents of two Pinellas County students are suing the school district over the cancellation of a “highly effective” reading program for African-American students. They claim it was due to personal animosity toward the program’s founder, who happens to be the attorney representing the plaintiffs. Jadrius Boykin and Malik Williams are African-American students attending schools in Pinellas County’s “Area 3” district. A story published May 15, 2016, suggests Boykin is a student at Melrose Elementary. The boys’ mothers — Tracie Boykin…

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Pinellas commissioners to county administrator: Find money for school nurses

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Much of Thursday’s discussion about Pinellas County’s budget centered on school nurses – or the lack of them in a proposed spending list for the 2016-17 fiscal year. “The school nurses are not in the recommendations,” Pinellas County Administrator Mark Woodard told commissioners. It was an unpopular omission from the $15.7 million list. “We’re either going to pay now or later,” Commissioner Karen Seel said. “I’d rather grow healthy children.” Seel was the driving force behind a proposal to shift…

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