School District Announces Hiring Freeze Pasco schools Superintendent Heather Fiorentino announced a hiring freeze as part of an effort to save money in the face of a mounting budget shortfall. ...more

December 17, 2008

Plans to erect a cell-phone tower at Coleman Middle School have parents and campus neighbors in a stir. ...more

December 16, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Pasco County School Board members will deal with more than just their current $8.7 million shortfall when they meet Tuesday in a budget workshop to review the school district's financial woes. ...more

December 13, 2008

LAND O' LAKES Pasco County School Board members will deal with more than just their current $8.7 million shortfall when they meet Tuesday in a budget workshop to review the school district's financial woes. The board also will be bracing for a 2009-10 budget year that's expected to be even worse than the current one. ...more

December 12, 2008

As a way to save money, the Hillsborough County School Board voted Tuesday to cut the summer workweek for all employees to four days. ...more

December 10, 2008

The principal at Alafia Elementary School says she plans to leave her post by next semester, telling the district's superintendent that the division at the school has become "a major distraction." ...more

December 10, 2008

Alafia Elementary School principal Ellyn Smith says she plans to leave her post by next semester, telling the district's superintendent that the division at the school has become "a major distraction." ...more

December 9, 2008

TAMPA Hillsborough County School Board members today will consider plugging part of what may be a $55 million budget shortfall by shutting down all district buildings one day a week next summer. District leaders say they can save as much as $1.5 million by keeping summer school and other facilities open just four days a week. The district knows it has to cut at least $26 million this fiscal year. But if Florida's governor and Legislature don't come up with more money for education and other services, Hillsborough schools may have to cut an additional $28.9 million. ...more

December 9, 2008

Dozens of parents, students and faculty members at Rio Vista Elementary gathered for a Save Our School rally Monday morning, holding signs and chanting "Save Rio Vista." ...more

December 9, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG Dozens of parents, students and faculty members at Rio Vista Elementary gathered for a Save Our School rally this morning. They held signs and chanted "Save Rio Vista" for several minutes. ...more

December 8, 2008