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

The spontaneity of buying a first motorcycle and riding off toward a distant horizon is gone, now that state law requires new riders to take safety classes that are hard to come by. ...more

September 5, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Graduating seniors are finding that admission to a state university is getting tougher as budget cuts force the four-year colleges to reduce or limit enrollment. "We know of many students who had planned to or intended to go to one of the universities, who because of their [admission] restrictions, are coming here first," South Florida Community College President Norman L. Stephens Jr. said Monday. The University of South Florida will freeze its freshmen enrollment at this year's level – 3,700. The Tampa university plans to reduce class offerings and increase class sizes. The University of Florida will cut its undergraduate enrollment by 1,000 students a year for the next four years. ...more

June 2, 2008

University of South Florida President Judy Genshaft has the unenviable job of cutting $35.6 million from the university's budget in what's described as the worst fiscal crisis to hit higher education in a generation. ...more

May 23, 2008

The question might sound a little like "Guess who's buried in Grant's tomb?" But really, how long should it take to get a four-year college degree? ...more

November 21, 2007