Concerned Organization for Quality Education for Black Students, Inc.
COQEBS is a coalition of community organizations and individuals organized for the purpose of working to ensure the Pinellas County School District fulfills its commitment to provide quality education for black students; as was agreed by the final class action settlement agreement dated August 10, 2010. This order was issued in the Circuit Court for the Six Judicial District in Pinellas County, Florida. This agreement provides for the substitution of COQEBS as the party plaintiff in this case, and for purposes of monitoring the School District’s future and continuing compliance with this settlement, with respect to Student Achievement, Student Discipline, and Assignment to Programs and Classes.”
COQEBS MISSION
(a) To promote, advance, and monitor public education of black students in Pinellas County and other regions within the Tampa Bay area.
(b) To ensure that the Pinellas County School Board fulfills its commitment to provide quality education for black students; as well as work to close the achievement gap between black and non-black students enrolled in Pre-K through Post Secondary school.
(c) To support, generally through educative and other efforts, those public and private non-profit educational institutions in which black students are enrolled. Specifically, these efforts will include, but are not limited to, student achievement, association, discipline, quality of education, and diversity.
Submissions from 2020
Article, The State of Black and Hispanic Student Academic Performance in Pinellas - The COQEBS View, July 2, 2020, Ricardo A. Davis
Submissions from 2019
Report, Bridging the Gap: District Strategic Plan, October 2019, Pinellas County Schools
Appendices, Bridging the Gap Annual Report: Summative Data Tables and Quarterly Data Reporting Metrics, August 2019, Pinellas County Schools
Report, Bridging the Gap: Annual Report to the Community, Fall 2019, Pinellas County Schools
Submissions from 2018
Report, Bridging The Gap: Annual Report to the Community 2017-18, Pinellas County Schools
Submissions from 2017
Notice of Hearing, William Crowley, et al. v. the Pinellas County School Board, June 25, 2017, Florida. Sixth Judicial Circuit
Court Proceeding, Order of Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement, June 12, 2017, Florida. Sixth Judicial Circuit
Court Proceeding, Stipulation for Modification of Final Judgment and Order of Final Approval of Settlement and Joint Motion for Court Approval, May 25, 2017, Florida. Sixth Judicial Circuit
Report, Bridging the Gap: District Strategic Plan, May 19, 2017, Pinellas County Schools
Submissions from 2015
Memorandum of Understanding, Regarding Quality of Education -- Student Achievement by and between Concerned Organization for the Quality Education of Black Students, Inc., and the School Board of Pinellas County, Florida, June 2015, Pinellas County School Board. and Concerned Organization for Quality Education for Black Students, Inc.
Schedule, Listening to Babies 2015, February 2015, Concerned Organization for Quality Education of Black Students, Inc. and James P. McHale
Submissions from 2014
Report, Baby Talk Academy Final Report, August 30, 2014, University of South Florida St. Petersburg. Family Study Center. and James P. McHale
Report, Report on Progress, Bradley vs Pinellas County Schools Memoranda of Understanding, August 2014, Pinellas County Schools
Flier, 4th Annual Baby Talk Workshop, February 27, 2014, Concerned Organization for Quality Education of Black Students, Inc. and University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Submissions from 2013
Speech, Sixty Years of Pirate Pride: A History of Boca Ciega High School, 1953-2013, October 18, 2013, James Anthony Schnur
Summary, Baby Talk 2013, March 2013, Eddie Burch, James P. McHale, and COQEBS. School Readiness Committee.
COQEBS: About This Collection, 2013, University of South Florida. Libraries
Submissions from 2012
Summary, School Readiness, COQEBS, and Baby Talk, July 23, 2012, Benjamin Kirby, Watson Haynes, COQEBS. School Readiness Committee., and James P. McHale
List, COQEBS Board of Directors 2012, COQEBS
Presentation, Concerned Organization for Quality Education of Black Students, Inc., 2012, Ricardo A. Davis, James P. McHale, and COQEBS. School Readiness Committee.
Submissions from 2011
Memorandum of Understanding, Administrative Staff Assignment and Faculty, Leon W. Bradley, Jr. vs. The Pinellas County School Board, December 14, 2011, United States. District Court (Florida : Middle District)
Summary, Baby Talk School Readiness Workshop, May 2011, Eddie Burch, D. Gay Lancaster, and James P. McHale
Submissions from 2010
Memorandum of Understanding, Regarding Quality of Education -- Student Achievement by and between Plaintiffs and Defendants, September 14, 2010, United States. District Court (Florida : Middle District)
Court Proceedings, Class Action Settlement Agreement, Crowley vs. the Pinellas County School Board, August 10, 2010, Florida. Sixth Judicial Circuit
Memorandum of Understanding, Regarding Quality of Education - Student Discipline by and between Plaintiffs and Defendants, May 25, 2010, United States. District Court (Florida : Middle District)
Submissions from 2009
Memorandum of Understanding, Regarding Quality of Education - Student Achievement by and between Plaintiffs and Defendants, July 28, 2009, United States. District Court (Florida : Middle District)
Article, Baby Talk, USF Magazine, Spring & Summer 2009, Melanie Marquez
Submissions from 1991
Article, Desegregation of Public Schools in Pinellas County, Florida, Tampa Bay History, Volume 13, No. 1, Spring/Summer 1991, James Anthony Schnur
