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Community speakers urge board to resist 'Schools of Hope' expansion and to maintain local control of library selections
Summary
Multiple community members raised concerns about the state rule allowing "Schools of Hope" charter operators to establish in underperforming or underenrolled schools and criticized recent book removals that they said were driven by social media pressure rather than evidence-based decisions.
Several residents used public comment time to ask the Hillsborough County School Board to push back on the state Schools of Hope policy and to preserve local control of school libraries and curriculum choices.
Michael Angemayo said the Schools of Hope rule, which allows some charter operators to take over schools that meet specified underperformance or underenrollment triggers, "tramples on parents' rights, undermines local control, and is already causing real harm to students, parents, and communities." He warned that if the policy is applied…
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