LAKE PLACID – An ownership change is in the works for the Montessori Children's School of Lake Placid, which opened in 2001. Jennifer Payne, a longtime volunteer at the school, recently became its director. "I have a contract right now to purchase the school," Payne said Monday. The school's owner, Shannon Fritzius, has been ill, according to Payne. The school will likely close under Fritzius' ownership in mid to late July and then reopen for the fall semester, she said. ...more

June 30, 2008

Local parents may not want to go back-to-school shopping before July 29. ...more

June 8, 2008

Beginning in August, Hillsborough County school students will have to keep their cell phones and other electronic devices out of sight or have them confiscated, school board members decided Friday. ...more

June 7, 2008

Governor announces contest ...more

January 30, 2008

SEBRING — DIBELS sounds like a bite-sized snack food, but it spells out the acronym for a short series of tests that screen and monitor student progress in learning the skills to become successful readers. Starting Monday and during the next two weeks, the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy tests will be administered in all the elementary grades. The state tracks the DIBELS results for grades K-3, but all elementary students in the district are tested, Elementary Programs Coordinator Joyce McClelland said. Also, some middle school grades have a similar reading skills test. ...more

September 15, 2007