The ammonia leak in Riverview has forced school officials to close Riverview Elementary School. Parents will be receiving phone calls this morning to alert them to take their children to Spoto High School at 8538 Eagle Palm Drive in Riverview instead. ...more

November 13, 2007

SEBRING — How many unexcused absences are too many? School Board Member Andy Tuck is alarmed at the nearly 7,700 unexcused absences district-wide in the first nine weeks of school. It's hard to hold teachers accountable when kids don't come to school, he said. Several students have already missed more than 10 days of school. Highlands County School District data shows 43 middle school students (1.5 percent) were absent 10 or more days during the first nine weeks of the school year. At the elementary level, 57 students (1 percent) were absent 10 or more days during the same time period, Aug. 20 through Oct. 24. At the high school level, only five students (one-tenth of 1 percent) were absent 10 or more days. ...more

November 9, 2007

Cell phones are driving teachers crazy. As the phones become smaller and more sophisticated, they are becoming a big problem in schools, even with middle and elementary students. ...more

October 30, 2007

TAMPA - Cell phones are driving teachers crazy. As the phones become smaller and more sophisticated, they are becoming a big problem in schools, even with middle and elementary students. "It's amazing – they come to class with no textbook, no pencil, but they have the cell phone on them," said Mark Danish, a science teacher at Tampa's Benito Middle School. ...more

October 29, 2007

The dangers were everywhere: medicine bottles left on a counter, a hot pot on the stove and toys by the stairs. ...more

October 13, 2007

Hammond Elementary students took a walk against drugs recently at the Museum of Science & Industry. ...more

October 10, 2007

The School District of Hillsborough County would like us to believe that the reason our elementary students are struggling to master foundational math skills has more to do with teachers' deficiencies than with those found in Voyages, a program written by Hillsborough County School District employees. We don't buy it. ...more

October 10, 2007

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Before the Berkeley Preparatory School science club could shoot colored flames, bubble chemicals and create explosions, it had to understand the hows and the whys. ...more

October 6, 2007

As students around the world participate today in the 11th annual International Walk to School Day, for those at Dale Mabry Elementary, it's just another stroll in the park. ...more

October 3, 2007

SEBRING — Kickball. Dodgeball. Basketball. These games are considered traditional Physical Education sports in schools. ...more

September 26, 2007