Parents and advocates urge Palm Beach schools to protect Inlet Grove and address special-education gaps

Several public commenters used the district's non-agenda public comment period to press the Palm Beach County School Board on two recurring concerns: preservation of historically significant school buildings and the adequacy of services for students with disabilities in alternative and contracted programs.

Carl Mohammed, a longtime volunteer, asked the board to reconsider plans to demolish Inlet Grove School in Riviera Beach and to recognize the site's historical value. "The building is over 50 years, so it's...qualified to register itself as a historical building," Mohammed said, urging the board to preserve artifacts and the school structure rather than remove it.

Terrence Hart, who identified himself as a concerned citizen and described a prior personnel dispute with the district, thanked the board for past actions in his case and raised specific contract and compliance concerns. Hart said the High…