Pasco school resource officers will no longer access student data
The Sheriffâs Office and School Board amended their agreement that previously allowed school resource officers to access grades, discipline and more
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Pasco County School Resource Officers will no longer have access to student data like grades and discipline after an agreement with the school board was updated Tuesday
Updated May 4
Pasco Countyâs school resource officers will no longer have access to student data, including childrenâs grades and discipline histories, after the Pasco County Sheriffâs Office and School Board revised their data-sharing agreement Tuesday.
The officers will also no longer have access to the school districtâs early warning system, which designates students as on-track, off-track or at-risk, according to the Sheriffâs Office.
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Feds investigating Pasco schools giving student data to sheriff
The Department of Education will look into whether the school district violated federal law by sharing personal student information without consent.
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U.S. Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, called for the U.S. Department of Education to investigate the Pasco school district s data-sharing arrangement with the Sheriff s Office. [ U.S. House of Representatives ]
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The U.S. Department of Education has opened an investigation into whether the Pasco school district broke federal law by sharing private student information with the Pasco Sheriffâs Office.
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Tampa Bay Times reported in November that the school district shared information on student grades, discipline and attendance with the Sheriffâs Office, which used the data to compile a secret list of schoolchildren it believed could âfall into a life of crime.â
Looks like West Lake Park residents will have 32-story emergency tower in their midst
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HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – A 32-story emergency radio tower became pretty much a done deal on Feb. 3, but it didn’t bubble up into the public consciousness until late in February when the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Commission mentioned it at its meeting.
West Lake Park will undoubtedly become the place for a new 32-story tower, the 16th and final new emergency radio tower or Broward County.
Neighbors in the thick of the fight knew it was brewing, but many didn’t find out until Wednesday that the deal was fairly cemented.
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