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Parents demand answers after arrest of former Gulf Breeze student; superintendent details limited district role
Summary
Superintendent Karen Barber told the Santa Rosa County School Board the district learned of an arrest on Aug. 1 and opened an internal investigation; parents and public commenters pressed the board for transparency and broader inquiries into who knew earlier about the case.
Superintendent Karen Barber told the Santa Rosa County School Board on Aug. 7 that district administrators learned of an arrest involving a former Gulf Breeze High School student on Aug. 1 and immediately opened an internal review, and that the district will cooperate with the Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office.
Barber said district administration was notified only that law enforcement planned to interview the student on campus; beyond that initial contact “the district was not kept apprised of any additional information.” After the arrest on Aug. 1, Barber said, the district “initiated immediately an official investigation of the circumstances to determine what actions are…
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