Board out of touch School board members need to take a hard look at themselves. They are a paid board that should also be accountable. ...more

August 14, 2009

A troubled Tampa charter school that serves homeless and at-risk children has asked the Hillsborough County School District to take over its operations. ...more

June 9, 2009

Construction is expected to begin this week on a school that will help relieve crowding at Oakstead Elementary and Longleaf Elementary ...more

June 3, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Construction is expected to begin this week on a school that will help relieve crowding at Oakstead Elementary and Longleaf Elementary. ...more

June 3, 2009

I was amazed to see the Hillsborough County School Board members acted like adults in keeping Good Friday on the school calendar and not making it a school holiday. ...more

May 26, 2009

What a wonderful idea that Mike Trentalange had about raising the liability rates for teachers and school board members so that they would be held more accountable for the protection and "lives and safety"of our school children (Letters, May 13). After all, $100,000 is not enough deterrent to keep these people responsible. ...more

May 15, 2009

We were told that user fees are not a tax. Please put user fees on all alcohol. It will also help save lives. ...more

May 1, 2009

After Bob Germaine was elected Highlands County Clerk of Courts, he retired in December from his old job, senior director of court services. For the rest of his life, he'll get a check from the Florida Retirement System. ...more

April 2, 2009

Hillsborough County School Board member April Griffin said she feels like Charlie Brown's schoolteacher when she travels to Tallahassee to talk to lawmakers about increasing education funding. ...more

April 1, 2009

Florida's senators would spare schools from much of the cuts they feared but would force conditions that education leaders call too heavy-handed. ...more

April 1, 2009