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Parents and residents raise building-safety and book-transparency concerns at Pinellas school board meeting
Summary
Public commenters at the Sept. 9 Pinellas County School Board meeting urged the district to address an alleged mold problem that has closed a culinary classroom at Tarpon Springs High School and pressed the board for transparency about removed library books and appeals.
Several public speakers used the Sept. 9 meeting to press the Pinellas County School Board on two community concerns: an alleged unresolved mold problem that district staff said has kept a student out of a culinary classroom, and transparency about the district’s handling of removed books.
Deb Young, a parent, told the board her daughter — a senior and high-achieving culinary student at Tarpon Springs High School — has been unable to attend culinary class because, she said, the building is not safe. Young said she had contacted district officials and the school, and that she had been “stonewalled” while her daughter has missed class…
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