LAND O' LAKES - The Pasco County School Board will get its first look Tuesday at proposed attendance boundaries for two new schools opening in August. ...more

February 1, 2009

Parents and students might want to check those book bags one more time. ...more

January 11, 2009

Parents and students might want to check those book bags one more time before the holiday break is over for an important piece of information that was distributed at several area schools. It could save a lot of confusion at the start of the next school year. Brochures were distributed among ninth- and 10th-graders at Gulf and Mitchell high schools and to students at Gulf, Paul R. Smith and Seven Springs middle schools in anticipation of the opening of Anclote High School at the start of the 2009-10 school year. ...more

December 31, 2008

Think for a minute about the challenges facing Hillsborough public schools: nearly a dozen high schools labeled as "dropout factories" because as many as 40 percent of students are left behind, a transportation quagmire that's hurt children and families, and spending practices that leave taxpayers wondering where the money goes. ...more

October 14, 2008

School board members have approved a controversial boundary change despite parents' complaints that they were not informed about the plan. However, board members did change procedure so future boundary proposals will be presented to all affected parents. ...more

April 15, 2008

OPENING Elizabeth: The Golden Age *½ Cate Blanchett reprises her regal role as Queen Elizabeth I for this lavish mixture of historical fact, romance-novel melodrama and ornate costumery. Review, Page 5. 115 minutes (PG-13; violence, sexuality and nudity) ...more

October 10, 2007