Hernando schools superintendent Wayne Alexander got married last week, but he's not talking. ...more

August 12, 2008

Two Tampa elementary schools were honored Wednesday in Little Rock, Ark., by former President Bill Clinton for their efforts in fighting obesity and making their schools healthier places. ...more

August 7, 2008

Sherrie Mueller, a guidance counselor at Plant City High, will be honored at the Plant City Family YMCA's sixth annual Strong Leader Dinner. ...more

July 1, 2008

SEBRING — A new school, a new district office position and an administrator moving back to the classroom will add up to 10 of the 11 changes in administrative positions such as principals and assistant principals. One transfer creates a domino effect. For example: Ruby Handley moving from principal of Fred Elementary to principal of the new Memorial Elementary, Laura Waldon, formerly assistant principal of Woodlawn Elementary, replacing Handley and then exceptional student education staffing specialist Melissa Blackman replacing Waldon at Woodlawn Elementary. ...more

June 25, 2008

On a Monday morning last month, highway patrol officers visited 20 classrooms at El Camino High School to announce horrible news: Several students had been killed in car wrecks over the weekend. ...more

June 13, 2008

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay and Fifth Third Bank teamed up recently to recognize Sulphur Springs Elementary School students who made great efforts to improve their grades. ...more

June 11, 2008

Tony Perrone is known in the Hillsborough County school system as "an opener." ...more

June 7, 2008

For some students, graduation is an accomplishment. For others, it is a triumph over circumstance. ...more

June 3, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Graduating seniors are finding that admission to a state university is getting tougher as budget cuts force the four-year colleges to reduce or limit enrollment. "We know of many students who had planned to or intended to go to one of the universities, who because of their [admission] restrictions, are coming here first," South Florida Community College President Norman L. Stephens Jr. said Monday. The University of South Florida will freeze its freshmen enrollment at this year's level – 3,700. The Tampa university plans to reduce class offerings and increase class sizes. The University of Florida will cut its undergraduate enrollment by 1,000 students a year for the next four years. ...more

June 2, 2008

Some of the neediest students in the Hernando County School District will go without a guidance counselor next year due to budget cuts. ...more

May 28, 2008