Hillsborough Superintendent MaryEllen Elia received a better evaluation this year from her seven bosses, including two who gave her dismal reviews last year. ...more

August 5, 2008

Hillsborough County Superintendent MaryEllen Elia received a better evaluation this year from her seven bosses, including two who gave her dismal reviews last year. ...more

August 4, 2008

Six health care facilities in Hernando and Citrus counties will ban smoking inside and on their grounds on Jan. 1. ...more

August 1, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Moon Lake Elementary is about to get a new principal for the second time in less than five months. ...more

July 31, 2008

By RONNIE BLAIR The Tampa Tribune LAND O' LAKES Moon Lake Elementary is about to get a new principal for the second time in less than five months. Cara Allen, principal at Giella Elementary, will transfer Aug. 10 to take over the leadership role at Moon Lake. The Pasco County School Board approved Allen's appointment Tuesday evening. She succeeds Susan Barcellino, who came to Pasco County from Collier County in March to take the Moon Lake principal job. Barcellino has resigned because she is moving back to Collier County to resume working for the school district there. The district has not yet chosen a new principal for Giella Elementary. Allen is a veteran educator and administrator. She began her career in 1984 as a teacher in Hernando County, according to a school district memorandum. In 1994, she was hired as an assistant principal at Gulfside Elementary and later also served as an assistant principal at Sand Pine Elementary. She became principal at Giella Elementary in 2001. Allen holds a bachelor's degree in elementary education from Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey and a master's degree in education from Lehigh University in Pennsylvania. ...more

July 30, 2008

Jessica Smith of Riverview was among 32 Gold Award recipients honored June 14 at a reception in Tampa hosted by the Girl Scouts of West Central Florida. ...more

June 28, 2008

Jessica Smith of Riverview was among 32 Gold Award recipients honored June 14 at a reception in Tampa hosted by the Girl Scouts of West Central Florida. ...more

June 28, 2008

In the two previous football seasons, the Pasco High Pirates had a combined record of 5-15. Despite the losses, Coach Tom McHugh was optimistic as he headed into the recently ended season. ...more

June 22, 2008

Under better circumstances, Leith ter Meulen would have been addressing a packed house when she unveiled the results of her six-month study of what's needed to make this emerging urban neighborhood an art mecca. ...more

June 21, 2008

The Class 6A all-state softball team has its strongest Plant City-area representation ever. ...more

June 4, 2008