{"id":1010,"date":"2009-04-21T18:58:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-21T22:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=1010"},"modified":"2009-05-31T19:27:17","modified_gmt":"2009-05-31T23:27:17","slug":"science-center-of-pinellas-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1010","title":{"rendered":"Science Center of Pinellas County"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anyone know about issues with the Science Center of Pinellas County? This letter to the editor says<\/a> that the Center will be closing for lack of funds, and that it is supposed to change its focus from elementary-level kids to middle and high school kids. I can’t find any news articles on it and I don’t see anything on the Center’s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

[edited to add] Thanks to Drew in the comments, here is the link to the original article<\/a>. It looks like it is true that the science center is facing tough times and will close its doors for a while.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Anyone know about issues with the Science Center of Pinellas County? 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