With possible budget cuts on the horizon for the Hernando County Sheriff's Office due to the passage of Amendment 1 and a drop in property values, local schools may be dropping two school resource officers and four crossing guards. ...more

June 15, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - High school seniors will get their reward this week for all those years of classroom time. ...more

June 4, 2008

A mix of emotions was evident over the weekend as parents, guardians, family members and friends gathered for one of the most significant events in a young person's life – graduating from high school. Joy, relief, sadness, excitement were no doubt felt among the approximately 700 seniors in Highlands County's three public high schools during graduation ceremonies. The county's private schools, Walker Memorial Academy and Heartland Christian School, held their ceremonies last month. ...more

May 31, 2008

SEBRING — About 700 seniors will don caps and gowns and proud parents will witness an important milestone in their child's life as the three county public high schools hold graduation ceremonies this weekend. Avon Park High School's graduation ceremony will be held at 6 p.m., Friday, in the South Florida Community College Auditorium. The school has 214 graduating seniors. Valedictorian Michelle Caibio will speak at the ceremony and Salutatorian Casey McKibben, who will be out of town, will present his speech by video recording. Class President Olivia Seaser will offer a class history. Sebring High School's graduation ceremony will be held at 9 a.m., Saturday, at Firemens Field. The home of the Blue Steaks has 323 graduating seniors. ...more

May 28, 2008

More than 1,600 high school seniors will graduate from Alonso, Leto and Sickles high schools in ceremonies scheduled for late May and early June. ...more

May 7, 2008

44th WRESTLING STATE FINALS Hernando County's 16 prep grapplers converge at The Lakeland Center for the state's final exam with a singular purpose -- a gold medal on Saturday night. ...more

February 14, 2008

School district officials hope a new career academy that offers Wiregrass Ranch High students certification in information technology will become a model for other schools in Pasco County. ...more

February 2, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - High school students who aren't old enough to vote are still getting a chance to let their presidential preferences be known. ...more

January 20, 2008

Robinson High School's pre-International Baccalaureate students placed first in algebra 2 and sixth in geometry at the Math Bowl on Nov. 28 at the Sun Dome. ...more

December 19, 2007

I have a solution for the school district's problem with chronically deviant students whose parents do not respond to suspensions. As an assistant principal and principal, I employed a policy in the Buffalo, N.Y., public high schools that we developed because we could not contact parents or guardians for recalcitrant, deviant students. Also we used this procedure with students whose parents, once found, were worse than the students. ...more

November 3, 2007