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
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.