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Strategy for educational equity

The new Superintendent of Pinellas County Schools, Kevin Hendrick, brought his senior leadership team to the NAACP forum to discuss educational equity on June 30 at Allendale United Methodist. Left, Pinellas County Schools Superintendent Kevin Hendrick, Deputy Superintendent Dr. William Corbett, Area Superintendent Dr. Dywayne B. Hinds Sr., Pinellas County Schools Chief of Police Luke Williams FRANK DROUZAS, […]

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