16-year-old still missing after leaving Viera school, prompting concern
Pinecrest Academy students Maria Perez last seen April 7
J.D. Gallop, Florida Today
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Maria Perez was last seen April 7 leaving school. (WKMG 2021)
VIERA, Fla. – Nearly a week after a 16-year-old girl walked off a Viera campus and seemingly disappeared, parents and school officials continue to ask questions and raise awareness about the case, reports News 6 partner Florida Today.
Those concerns spilled over into the classroom Monday, as about 50 students walked out of Pinecrest Academy Space Coast to demand authorities help locate the teen, identified as Maria Perez.
Maria was last seen April 7 at the academy, 7550 Stadium Pkwy, where she attends eighth grade, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s Missing and Endangered Persons Clearinghouse site. Students - mostly sixth and seventh-graders - carried signs and chanted “find Maria.”
Nearly a week after a 16-year-old girl walked off a Viera campus and seemingly disappeared, parents and school officials continue to ask questions and raise awareness about the case.
Those concerns spilled over into the classroom Monday, as about 50 students walked out of Pinecrest Academy Space Coast to demand authorities help locate the teen, identified as Maria Perez.
Maria was last seen April 7 at the academy, 7550 Stadium Pkwy, where she attends eighth grade, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement s Missing and Endangered Persons Clearinghouse site. Students, mostly sixth and seventh-graders, carried signs and chanted Find Maria. All I can tell you is that she was a student at Pinecrest and she s been missing since last week. We are working with the authorities, said Lynn Norman-Teck, the executive director of the Florida Charter School Alliance and spokesperson for the dual-language school.
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