SEBRING — The elected versus appointed superintendent workshop on Tuesday yielded proponents on both sides of the issue and many who are undecided. ...more

November 15, 2007

SEBRING — Opinions were mixed and some people were undecided at Tuesday's school board workshop on whether to continue with an elected superintendent of schools or appoint one. After two education association officials from Tallahassee offered a look at both sides of the issue, the public offered their opinion. ...more

November 14, 2007

A Hernando County School District bus driver spanked a 3-year-old on a bus this month, according to an arrest affidavit. ...more

November 1, 2007

SEBRING — The school board workshop scheduled for Tuesday to discuss the issue of an appointed versus an elected superintendent of schools has been canceled. Florida School Boards Association Executive Director Wayne Blanton, who was to provide the background on the issue, had a scheduling conflict prompting the cancellation. A new workshop date has yet to be determined. A citizen request initiated the school board's interest in reviewing the pros and cons of the two methods of filling the top position in the school district. Currently the superintendent is elected by the county's voters to a four-year term. ...more

October 21, 2007

A year and three months before Clerk of the Circuit Court Jed Pittman's scheduled retirement, three candidates already are lined up to take his place. ...more

October 2, 2007

SEBRING — Elected versus appointed schools superintendent – it's an issue with a lot of interest around the state in various districts, according to Florida School Boards Association Executive Director Wayne Blanton. Prompted by a citizen request, the School Board of Highlands County will look into the issue of changing from an elected to an appointed schools chief. Blanton will come from Tallahassee to inform the board and public on the issue at a school board workshop, which is scheduled at 4 p.m., Oct. 23 in the Garland Boggus Board Room at the district office. ...more

September 29, 2007

The Take Stock In Children program of the Pasco Education Foundation has received grant funding from the local Sam's Club. ...more

September 19, 2007