Some local parents are standing against a Florida Department of Education policy allowing student information from public school districts to be accessed by certain charter schools designated as “Schools of Hope.”
Action News Jax has been telling you for months about an expansion of the FLDOE’s “Schools of Hope” program passed earlier this year, allowing for charter schools to move into, or “co-locate” within, any public school of its choosing, for free, as long as there are enough empty seats.
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This week, one Florida parent group has flagged a “Schools of Hope” policy saying that operators of these schools “shall have access to the student information system in the school district in which a School of Hope is located.” The policy doesn’t clarify exactly what student information will be available to Schools of Hope, but some parents worry about the possibility of sensitive student information being leaked to charter schools.
“There are some serious safety concerns that come along with this,” said Damaris Allen, the executive director of Families for Strong Public Schools, an advocacy organization made up of parents of students in Florida public school districts…