BARTOW - The parents of a 16-year-old girl who wore a wire to catch a Bartow High School teacher accused of soliciting sex from her were fully aware and supportive of the plan to catch the man, police said. ...more

December 20, 2007

A Middleton High School math teacher told police Tuesday that he smoked a joint on his way to school to cope with the students in his classroom, a police spokeswoman said. ...more

December 12, 2007

TAMPA - Police arrested a Middleton High School math teacher on school property Tuesday after officers found him with a small amount of marijuana in his car, authorities said. ...more

December 12, 2007

Many teachers have seen their share of "best teacher" apple ornaments, paperweights and similar trinkets from students. And after a couple of decades, enough is quite enough. ...more

December 9, 2007

Some Florida school officials have taken offense at a new report from Johns Hopkins University which slammed the state for the high number of high schools it calls "dropout factories," schools where no more than 60 percent of those who start as freshmen complete their senior years and graduate. ...more

November 28, 2007

SEBRING — Beckie Townsend cuts a cardboard letter "N" that will have a noodle attached to it to help students at the Kindergarten Learning Center learn the alphabet. Next, she cuts a "B" that will be accompanied by a bean to also be used for a letter recognition exercise. One day a week Townsend volunteers in her 5-year-old daughter's class and reads stories and sings songs. She also makes copies and prepares materials in the teacher work area. As vice president of the school's parent teacher organization (PTO) and co-chair of the school advisory council (SAC) and volunteer, Townsend is a very involved school parent. But despite various efforts by school administrators to reach out to parents, many don't become actively involved in school events and functions. ...more

November 19, 2007

When asked Friday by an assistant principal, a sixth-grade Azalea Middle School student denied being told by a classmate that he would bring a gun and kill her, according to a St. Petersburg police report. ...more

November 14, 2007

When asked Friday by an assistant principal, a sixth-grade Azalea Middle School student denied being told by a classmate that he would bring a gun and kill her, according to a St. Petersburg Police Department report. At a news conference Monday, the 11-year-old girl, Hannah, told reporters she was afraid to go to back to school after a boy pulled off her hijab, an Islamic head scarf, and the next day threatened kill her. ...more

November 13, 2007

TAMPA - The Hillsborough County School Board on Tuesday suspended without pay Christina Butler, a Middleton High School teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old male student. ...more

November 7, 2007

TAMPA - The Hillsborough County School Board on Tuesday suspended without pay Christina Butler, a Middleton High School teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old male student. ...more

November 6, 2007