helping get yet another new school up and running. ...more

October 30, 2009

Which Highlands County school started with two buildings constructed in 1961 that housed eight classrooms and now has a campus with 12 permanent buildings and 39 classrooms? ...more

October 29, 2009

Criticized for requiring strict punishment for even minor infractions, Florida's "zero-tolerance" school discipline policy is being updated according to a new law, which calls for discretion by school officials when applying the law. ...more

October 23, 2009

The Avon Park Middle School family is mourning the death of one of its own with the sudden passing of reading teacher Cynthia "Cindy" Dwyer. ...more

March 19, 2009

The possibility of a cell phone tower rising in their neighborhood has Virginia Park residents taking a stand. ...more

March 18, 2009

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - One new middle school principal is taking over at his current school, and one is returning to the place where he spent junior high and his first years of teaching. ...more

March 4, 2009

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - One new middle school principal is taking over at his current school, and one is returning to the place where he spent junior high and his first years of teaching. ...more

March 4, 2009

One new middle school principal is taking over at his current school, and one is returning to the place where he spent junior high and his first years of teaching. The Hillsborough County school board appointed principals for Webb and Pierce middle schools Tuesday night. Webb's assistant principal, Marcos Murillo, was promoted to principal, and Henry Lefler, an assistant principal at Williams Middle, will come to Pierce. Murillo, 33, has worked at Webb for a year and said he wants to keep the momentum that Principal Brent McBrien established. Students are enjoying the school year, and Murillo wants to build off their enthusiasm and continue to work to improve academics. ...more

February 25, 2009

With Avon Park Middle School Principal Dan Johnson retiring at the end of the school year, five education administrators in Highlands County have applied to succeed him. ...more

February 24, 2009

Ken Alvarez is convinced a higher power guided him to Hernando Christian Academy. ...more

February 21, 2009