After meeting for a year, a group that advises the Hillsborough County schools superintendent has come up with some ideas to meet the demands of Florida's stringent class-size law. ...more

March 5, 2009

About 2,200 high school students in northwestern Hillsborough are scheduled to change schools in August, but the moves will do nothing to ease crowding at Chamberlain High School. ...more

February 18, 2009

TAMPA -- About 2,200 high school students in northwestern Hillsborough are scheduled to change schools in August, but the moves will do nothing to ease crowding at Chamberlain High School. The school board on Tuesday approved boundary changes for Sickles, Alonso and Gaither, lowering enrollment enough at those three schools to bring them under capacity. Sickles and Gaither will send students to Steinbrenner High School, which is opening in Lutz. ...more

February 11, 2009

Parents will let the school district know tonight what they think about a plan to move about 2,400 teenagers to different high schools. ...more

January 28, 2009

Parents now know where the district thinks students should attend high school next year and will have a chance tonight to argue for or against it. ...more

January 28, 2009

Parents now know where the district thinks students should attend high school next year and will have a chance tonight to argue for or against it. ...more

January 28, 2009

Althea Mills of Winter Haven, whose 1963 federal lawsuit spurred the desegregation of Polk County schools, died Friday. She was 84. ...more

June 12, 2008

The woman whose 1963 federal lawsuit spurred the desegregation of Polk County schools has died. Althea Mills of Winter Haven died Friday. She was 84. ...more

June 11, 2008

Barring changes by the Legislature, the state's class-size amendment is slated to take full effect in August as parental choices change. ...more

February 19, 2008

AVON PARK — Memorial Elementary School, on schedule to open in August, will be populated with students coming from four existing elementary schools, according to the district's proposed attendance plan. "We've got a boundary that we think is a logical one and hopefully it will be cost efficient," Assistant Superintendent of Business/Operations Mike Averyt said Monday. "We've got two public hearings to adopt the changes in the boundaries so we will be able to get public input at that point." The affected schools, from which some neighborhoods will be reassigned to the new school, are Sun 'n Lake Elementary, Avon Elementary, Park Elementary and Woodlawn Elementary. With the largest elementary school enrollment in the district, Sun 'n Lake Elementary will have the greatest enrollment decrease, Averyt said. The goal is to reduce enrollment at the school from 900 to about 650 students. The details of the proposed redistricting and school attendance zone maps will be released soon and will be presented at the public hearings, he said. ...more

February 5, 2008