I currently live in the Brooker school zone, so I did not have many assumptions about how the community effects the school however, there are things in the school zone I was unaware of. I have watched the area grow. They are in the process of putting in a super Wal-Mart and section 8 apartments. As a community member, I am not happy about this due to the amount of traffic it is going create in the neighborhood. Even though most of Brooker is located in Brandon, there are a few neighborhoods in the school zone that are located in Valrico. I live in one of the neighborhoods located in the Valrico area. Before doing this community hunt, I was under the assumption that there were no apartment buildings in the school zone. I, however, was wrong and found both apartments and condominiums on Parsons road. This does not really change what I think about the students at the school, it was just something that I did not know before. In this area, there are a lot of churches with different denominations such as Baptist, Presbyterian and Jewish. There are two that I was really unfamiliar with and there are Beit Tehila (teaching the Hebrew roots of the Christian faith) and the Zion Worship Center (Malayalam- type of language spoken in India service time and then again in English). Knowing this shows me how many different cultures there are in the school zone and how I need to get to know the background of each of my students. This was amazing to me. I know that there are more than 40 different languages spoken at Brooker and I am glad to see that the churches in the area see that too. My favorite place in the Brooker School zone is the park. It is a great place for families and friends to hang out in their time off. I feel this has brought many people in the area together. It was named after to Hillsborough County legends. I personal know both of them and they are a big part of the community. Unfortunately, Bertha Saladino just passed away on January 24, 2016 and this is a big loss the Brandon/Valrico area.
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April 2016
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