A town hall meeting to discuss underage drinking will be held Thursday, April 16. ...more

April 15, 2009

An Avon Park High School social studies teacher is under suspension without pay for a matter that is being reviewed by the Florida Department of Education. ...more

November 2, 2008

AVON PARK — An Avon Park High School teacher has been suspended without pay for an undisclosed incident, which is being investigated by the school district and a state education bureau. Science teacher John Altic's five-day suspension from May 21-27 was formally approved by the School Board of Highlands County on Tuesday. Altic was suspended because of an incident, which is currently under investigation, that occurred May 16 at Avon Park High School, Human Resources Director Vivianne Waldron said. Since this is an active investigation no more information can be released, she added. Altic, 63, was suspended for five days because that is the maximum length of time the superintendent can suspend a teacher without input from the school board, Waldron said. A disciplinary letter has been placed in his personnel file. ...more

June 13, 2008

Like many teenagers, Derrick "Deejay" Young dreams of seeing his name in lights and making it big in the recording industry. ...more

February 16, 2008

Karolainy Oliveira had a best friend who got weird when she had to move. Vanessa Rodriguez remembered what it was like to see her friends be able to do things she couldn't. Jakob Klukow had a hard time adjusting to a move. ...more

November 14, 2007

Karolainy Oliveira had a best friend who got weird when she had to move. Vanessa Rodriguez remembered what it was like to see her friends be able to do things she couldn't. Jakob Klukow had a hard time adjusting to a move. ...more

November 12, 2007