SEBRING — The school district's state funding will be cut about $3.3 million for the 2008-09 fiscal year, prompting the district to consider cutting teaching and support positions. The two-year teacher contract needs to be funded, and health insurance and electricity and fuel costs are increasing, Mike Averyt, assistant superintendent of business/operations, said Monday. So the budget needs to be cut by about $7 million, he said. ...more

May 12, 2008

Hernando County's newest K-8 school principal is in town, and he's knocking the socks off of just about everybody. ...more

January 13, 2008

The "unofficial" hiring freeze at the Hernando County School District is over. ...more

January 5, 2008

Flashback to 1945: U.S. Marines, with Navy medical corpsmen alongside them, were engaging Japanese troops on Iwo Jima in one of the fiercest battles in the history of the Marine Corps. A local author, Dr. Frank Falgout, has tried to capture the valor and gallantry of the momentous battle in his book, "The Life of a Navy Corpsman: To Marine Corpsman, To Medical Doctor and Beyond." ...more

December 26, 2007

Hold off on filling open teacher positions unless they're absolutely necessary. ...more

October 13, 2007