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Apollo Beach parents urge Hillsborough schools to expand Dobie Elementary to K–8
Summary
Parents and families from the Waterset and Apollo Beach communities told the Hillsborough County School Board they want Dobie Elementary expanded into a K–8 campus to keep students in the neighborhood and avoid sending them to the zoned Eisenhower Middle School or to charters and private options. Speakers brought petitions and survey data they said
Parents and residents from the Waterset and Apollo Beach neighborhoods appealed to the Hillsborough County School Board on Oct. 28 to approve expansion of Dobie Elementary into a kindergarten-through-8th grade campus, saying the change would keep children in their neighborhood schools and stem transfers to charter and private programs.
"We have the need, the passion and the commitment to support Dobie K through 8," said Sue Battigliere, who identified herself as a parent of two Dobie students and told the board that her community gathered more than 1,100 petition signatures and completed two community surveys representing nearly 500 parents and residents. "Families…
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