Dr. Michael Grego, superintendent of Pinellas County District Schools, the school board and board members representing south St. Pete continue to offend the community, its leaders/advocates, parents, volunteers and partners who worked with them to develop Bridging the Gap, a plan to close the achievement gap between black and white scholars.
As I detailed in two prior columns, Grego and the board replaced the most effective director of the Transformation Zone to date with a white female (injury).
Community advocates, organizational heads, and others from the injured, insulted community are not constrained by the issues facing school-based employees; thus, one would assume their voices of condemnation will be lifted with volume and clarity.
The time has come for every employee of color in the Pinellas County School District to help the administration by banding together and honestly informing Grego, Corbett, and board members of the impediments to education that are inherent in the system.
Grego’s agenda was to introduce Webley; however, Webley’s introduction isn’t really important if, with her arrival, the district reverts to business as usual.
