Five Pinellas County elementary schools will close at the end of the current term and four middle schools will combine into two, school officials decided Tuesday. ...more

January 14, 2009

Pinellas County school officials this morning are expected to discuss and likely vote on unpopular cuts to their budget for the 2009-2010 school year. Faced with a need to slash $69 million to $82 million, they have acknowledged drastic action is the only way to balance the financial numbers. ...more

January 13, 2009

Parents and students might want to check those book bags one more time. ...more

January 11, 2009

Parents and students might want to check those book bags one more time before the holiday break is over for an important piece of information that was distributed at several area schools. It could save a lot of confusion at the start of the next school year. Brochures were distributed among ninth- and 10th-graders at Gulf and Mitchell high schools and to students at Gulf, Paul R. Smith and Seven Springs middle schools in anticipation of the opening of Anclote High School at the start of the 2009-10 school year. ...more

December 31, 2008

With the 2008 hurricane season coming to a close on Nov. 30, Superintendent of Schools Wally Cox has recommended not making up the one day schools were closed due to Tropical Storm Fay. ...more

November 18, 2008

Every school year, there are students facing the extra burden of being "the new kid at school," learning their way around, getting familiar with their peers and teachers and gaining a sense that this is "their" school. ...more

October 1, 2008