Are school dress codes too hard on girls? âWeâre not in the 1950s anymore.â
Pasco County plans a âdeep diveâ on its dress code as other school districts across Florida also wrestle with the issue.
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Students arrive at Pasco County s Gulf Middle School for the first day of school in August 2020. Discussions are ongoing whether some of the clothing they wear, such as ripped jeans, are appropriate in the district s dress code. [ DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times ]
The Pasco County school districtâs dress code is biased against girls, and needs to be fixed.
School Board member Colleen Beaudoin said sheâs heard that sentiment from several parents and students recently. But when the time came Tuesday for public comment on the districtâs student code of conduct revisions, no one came forward.
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Pasco superintendent defends sharing data with sheriff, as teachers object
The comments followed a Times investigation that revealed the Sheriffâs Office was using grades to compile a list of kids at-risk of becoming criminals. âPeople post stuff to the internet,â he said.
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Pasco County school superintendent Kurt Browning defended sharing student information with the Pasco County Sheriffâs Office at a School Board meeting on Tuesday. [ DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times ]
Updated Dec. 16, 2020
LAND Oâ LAKES â Pasco Superintendent Kurt Browning angrily defended the district sharing private student data with the Sheriffâs Office during a Tuesday School Board meeting, after parents and teachers called for changes to a controversial program that uses the data to identify kids who could âfall into a life of crime.â
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Pasco PTA: Use of school data to flag potential criminals âunacceptableâ
Parents and teachers demanded reviews into the Sheriffâs Office program. Some called for it to be canceled.
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Pasco Schools superintendent Kurt Browning with Pasco Sheriff Chris Nocco at a 2015 press conference. [ Times (2015) ]
Updated Dec. 11, 2020
Pasco County parents and teachers are calling for changes to a secretive Sheriffâs Office program that uses student data to profile schoolchildren as potential future criminals, with some demanding the practice be stopped entirely.
In a letter to the school district, the Pasco County Council PTA asked for reviews of the program and the districtâs data-sharing agreements with the Sheriffâs Office and other agencies.