Pinellas County Schools 2019-20 recap

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Pinellas County Schools 2019-20 recap

Michael A. Grego, Ed.D., Superintendent PINELLAS COUNTY As the school year comes to a close, we wanted to share with readers a recap of the 2019-20 school year. In this current environment of not being able to meet personally, we felt it was imperative to share directly with the community the progress of the []

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