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

Work crews have plugged most of the sinkholes that closed six area roads. ...more

March 25, 2009

Four of seven Hillsborough County School Board members were sworn in for four more years Tuesday night, and applications for five more charters schools were approved for the 2009-10 school year. ...more

November 19, 2008

The name Strawberry Crest will be displayed at the soon-to-be-completed high school under construction near Interstate 4 and McIntosh Road. ...more

November 19, 2008

The name Strawberry Crest will be displayed at the soon-to-be-completed high school under construction near Interstate 4 and McIntosh Road. ...more

November 19, 2008

I am responding to the editorial published Oct. 24, "The Groupthink Bully At Helm Of School Board." It is a sad day and an ongoing trend for the Trib to pay attention to drama instead of news. It is also sad that the opinion is full of false statements and petty nonsense. Let me provide you with the facts. ...more

November 10, 2008

The strawberry won. After 20 speakers saluted the fruit, its history, its economic impact and the east Hillsborough families that have farmed it for generations, four Hillsborough school board members voted Thursday to name the new high school opening in August near Plant City "Strawberry Crest." ...more

November 7, 2008

TAMPA – The new high school opening in August near Plant City and Dover will be named Strawberry Crest High. ...more

November 6, 2008

Hillsborough School Board Chairwoman Jennifer Faliero only has a little more than a month left at the helm of this panel and given the dysfunction of this board and Faliero's attempts to muzzle opponents, that's a good thing. ...more

October 24, 2008

Discourse turned ugly Tuesday night when the chairwoman of the Hillsborough County School Board tried to stop a board member from speaking and motioned for her to be removed from the room. ...more

October 22, 2008