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Board accepts quarterly safety inspection report; staff seek clearer state reporting definitions
Summary
The board accepted the Office of Safe Schools fourth-quarter inspection report and staff said 14 campuses were inspected (11 without deficiencies, 3 with issues corrected same day). District leaders are working with FDOE to clarify how the state calculates columns and percentages (the report showed ~84.62% compliance).
The Pinellas County School Board accepted the Office of Safe Schools’ fourth-quarter compliance inspection report on July 14, with district safety staff noting both satisfactory results and concerns about how the state report presents its calculations.
Director of Safety and Security Sean Joel told the board that 14 campuses were inspected or reinspected in the quarter. “Of the 14, 11 of those campuses were found to have no deficiencies noted so that they passed 100% as far as from a safety compliance standpoint,” Joel said. He added that the remaining three campuses had deficiencies — examples included malfunctioning hardware on a doorway, a doorway found unlocked at the time of inspection, and safe-area signage that needed revision — and that staff corrected those items the same day.
Joel and Superintendent Hendrick also said the Office of Safe Schools changed the way it calculated some reporting columns this quarter; that change produced what district staff described as an inconsistent percentage presentation (Joel cited an 84.62% figure for the report’s compliance column). Joel said he has been working with the FDOE (he referenced a Mr. Mercer at FDOE) to request clearer definitions so the district and public can understand how numbers are computed; he expects revisions to appear in the next quarterly report.
Board members thanked Joel for the follow-up and the report was approved by motion, vote 7–0.
