The soup, pudding and instant potatoes Xavier Peoples brought to class would help feed the hungry. In the special-needs class he attends with other kindergartners and first-graders, the donations also became lessons in math, reading and graphs. ...more

November 28, 2007

The MOSI Partnership School will keep its name. The Hillsborough County school board decided not to rename the elementary at the Museum of Science & Industry. The school was given the temporary name this summer before the school's fast-tracked opening. ...more

November 26, 2007

Middle school students are getting online help to plan their future. ...more

November 24, 2007

Shaw students will get a new leader and more relief from crowding. ...more

November 10, 2007

A new middle school will honor a Tampa man who died while fighting in Iraq and received the Medal of Honor for his courage. ...more

November 10, 2007

A new middle school will honor a Tampa man who died while fighting in Iraq and received the Medal of Honor for his courage. ...more

November 10, 2007

A new middle school will honor a Tampa man who died while fighting in Iraq and received the Medal of Honor for his courage. The Hillsborough County school board voted on Tuesday to name the middle school being built behind Citrus Park Elementary for Army Sgt. 1st Class Paul Ray Smith. The school is expected to open in August. ...more

November 6, 2007

The Highlands County School District should be thankful that none of its schools have ended up on a dubious federal list of "drop out factories," schools where no more than 60 percent of the students who start as freshmen make it to their senior year. But that's no cause to celebrate. Even though the dropout rate at Highlands' schools is nowhere as bad as the 150 state schools gracing the list, a greater percentage of students are dropping out of high school in Highlands. ...more

November 5, 2007

SEBRING — Florida ranked second in the nation with 51.1 percent of its public high schools showing excessive dropout rates, but no schools in Highlands or surrounding counties made the list of "Dropout Factories." The state's public high schools have some of the worst student retention rates in the country, with half qualifying as "Dropout Factories," four times the national average, according to a new analysis of U.S. Education Department data conducted by Johns Hopkins University. The term dropout factory, coined by Hopkins researcher Bob Balfanz, describes schools where no more than 60 percent of the students who start as freshmen make it to their senior year. ...more

November 3, 2007

Terry Boehm, 56, grew up surrounded by people of faith. She attended Catholic school in Wisconsin, where she learned the value of helping others. Today, Boehm is coordinator of ministries at Corpus Christi Catholic Church of Temple Terrace, 9715 N. 56th St. ...more

October 27, 2007