LAND O' LAKES - The Pasco County School Board will hold its second and final public hearing Tuesday on proposed attendance boundaries for Crews Lake Middle and Veterans Elementary, two new schools scheduled to open in August. ...more

February 17, 2008

Only two school districts in Florida require high school students who transfer to schools outside of their home boundaries to sit out a year from athletics unless they can convince a committee they did not move for athletic reasons: ...more

February 7, 2008

School district leaders are pushing forward with plans to open a new school in August to relieve crowding at some University Area schools. ...more

December 22, 2007

TEMPLE CREST - School district leaders are pushing forward plans to open a new school in August to relieve crowding at some University Area schools. The Hillsborough County School Board approved the hiring of an architect for Elementary M, which will be built where Temple Heights Christian School and Baptist Church once stood. ...more

December 19, 2007

Twin Lakes Elementary's fourth principal in five years hopes to stick around awhile. ...more

December 13, 2007

NEWS AND NOTES Hillsborough County's 2008 track schedule has a major scheduling conflict. The annual Nash Higgins Relays at Leto - a meet all of the county's public schools are required to attend - is slated for March 1, the same day as the Steak n Shake Invitational at USF. According to Wharton track coach Wes Newton, who has spearheaded hosting the Steak n Shake meet the past several years, March 1 was the only date available for the event. For any number of reasons - none the least of which is that Leto features an unforgiving asphalt track measured in yards - Newton says he would prefer sending his team to the USF meet. He also would prefer the competition at Steak n Shake, which would come from across the state. ...more

December 6, 2007

DETROIT Former Columbus general manager and prospective Lightning owner Doug MacLean is normally a chatty individual willing to share his thoughts with whomever he is in contact with. ...more

November 30, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - Committees drawing proposed attendance boundaries for two new schools didn't take long to find out that Chris Williams, the school district's planning director, was right when he said the task is more difficult than it might first appear. ...more

November 2, 2007

Yes, Shatavia, it's true. No good deed goes unpunished. ...more

October 29, 2007

Last week at Sebring High School, my son was involved in a terrible situation. A theft took place and my son was set up by another student, who accused him of being involved. I am writing this letter to tell how wonderful the staff at Sebring High School is. When I received the news about the situation I was furious. I started to call the high school to find out exactly what happened. It was after 3 p.m. and school was out. I spoke to several personnel on campus and left a couple of messages to contact me the next day. Well, I was totally shocked when this one gentleman called me at my home at 7:30 p.m. We spoke about the situation for approximately 30 minutes, at which time, he explained to me what had happened, and he knew that I was upset with the way it was handled. ...more

October 20, 2007