The Hillsborough County school district has spent nearly $1 billion on teachers, schools, and classroom additions since Florida passed a law forcing more of each. ...more

November 7, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - A dozen parents and students expressed opposition Tuesday to proposed attendance boundaries for a new high school and elementary school, saying the Pasco County School Board needs to rethink the plan. ...more

November 4, 2009

Parents and other community members will get the opportunity next month to take an early peek at Pasco County's newest high school. ...more

July 19, 2009

Construction is expected to begin this week on a school that will help relieve crowding at Oakstead Elementary and Longleaf Elementary ...more

June 3, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Construction is expected to begin this week on a school that will help relieve crowding at Oakstead Elementary and Longleaf Elementary. ...more

June 3, 2009

The Pasco County School District began the lengthy process Thursday of deciding who will attend a new high school under construction off State Road 52 and Canton Avenue in northwest Pasco. ...more

May 1, 2009

Drama students at Mitchell High will take to the stage tonight for a production of "Peter Pan," but even as they perform the high-flying musical there are concerns about the future of the school's drama department. ...more

March 5, 2009

Drama students at Mitchell High will take to the stage tonight for a production of "Peter Pan," but even as they perform the high-flying musical there are concerns about the future of the school's drama department. Mitchell High is losing several hundred students when Anclote High opens in Holiday in August and that is forcing changes in some of the class offerings at the school. Nick Simons, 17, a junior, said he worries the changes could mean the end of drama at Mitchell. "It would be a great disappointment," Simons said. It may be premature to start burying theater productions at Mitchell just yet, though. Principal Ric Mellin said drama class offerings could be scaled back, depending on how enrollment numbers end up, but the administration wants to keep the elective. ...more

March 4, 2009

Steinbrenner High School is still working out the courses, clubs and extracurricular activities it will offer when it opens in August, but Principal Brenda Grasso could put to rest one persistent - and odd - rumor. ...more

February 25, 2009

Steinbrenner High School is still working out the courses, clubs and extracurricular activities it will offer when it opens in August, but Principal Brenda Grasso could put to rest one persistent - and odd - rumor. ...more

February 25, 2009