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Apollo Beach parents push Hillsborough board to expand Dobie Elementary to K-8 as neighborhood grows

5969611 · October 14, 2025
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Multiple parents and community members urged the school board during public comment to convert Dobie Elementary into a K-8 school to relieve middle-school capacity pressure from nearby growth and keep families in the district.

Several parents and community members told the Hillsborough County School Board on Wednesday they want Dobie Elementary in the Waterset/Apollo Beach area expanded into a K-8 campus to address rapid residential growth and ease middle-school crowding.

Speakers said the neighborhood continues to add housing, including large multifamily developments along Big Bend Road, and that the…

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