It is National School Bus Safety Week and all drivers are reminded to drive carefully and remember school buses make frequent stops with children. ...more

October 21, 2009

More than half of the district office resource teaching positions are among the latest position cuts Supertendent Wally Cox is recommending to trim the budget. ...more

March 25, 2009

Traffic bound for Memorial Elementary School and Sebring High School should not encounter road detours as students go back to school today. ...more

January 6, 2009

Sebring High School suffered two losses Friday with the football team's road trip to Jensen Beach High School - the Blue Streaks lost a high-scoring game on the field to the Falcons, and the bus driver, driving the cheerleading squad, got lost on the way back to Sebring. ...more

October 9, 2008

Student attendance increased Wednesday after schools were closed Tuesday due to Tropical Storm Fay, which caused few problems in the district. ...more

August 21, 2008

It's red, white and blue and new - it's Memorial Elementary School, the School Board of Highlands County's first brand new school since 1996. ...more

August 15, 2008

SEBRING – School District Transportation Director David Solomon plans to pamper the nine new school buses being readied to go into service in August because with a statewide education budget crisis he's slated to only get three new ones next year. The 77-passenger school buses, costing about $99,000 a piece, were purchased within the 2007-08 budget. ...more

July 2, 2008

SEBRING — As the School Board of Highlands County looks to increase transportation charges for field trips, high fuel prices are affecting high school athletics. The cost for using school buses for athletic road trips comes out of the money brought in through fundraising. ...more

June 21, 2008

SEBRING — Motorists pass school buses at inopportune times, disregarding the stop arm and even passing at railroad crossings, according to School Board of Highlands County bus driver Jean Walker. ...more

October 23, 2007

SEBRING — Due to a shortage of drivers, school bus operators are having to double up on routes causing late arrivals at schools. To try to curb the shortage of bus drivers, the School Board of Highlands County will again consider suspending the high school diploma requirement. Currently about seven to eight driver positions are unfilled, Transportation Director David Solomon said Friday. The district has 109 driver positions, which includes a number of backup/substitute drivers, who fill in during sick leave and vacations. ...more

October 20, 2007