Swine flu vaccinations will be available Monday to students who attend 16 Pinellas County schools. ...more

November 7, 2009

With nearly one in three high school students nationwide dropping out before graduating, the Florida Department of Education will be holding a two-day summit this month to develop plans to reduce the nation's high school dropout rate and better prepare students for college, work and life. ...more

January 5, 2009

A Gainesville mother has been arrested after her daughter missed too many days of school. ...more

December 6, 2008

Over the next couple of weeks, 28 public and more than a dozen private high-school graduation ceremonies are scheduled across Hillsborough County. ...more

May 28, 2008

Over the next couple of weeks, 28 public and more than a dozen private high school graduation ceremonies are scheduled across Hillsborough County. ...more

May 28, 2008

When 15-year-old Roberto Jesus Ortiz spiked his teacher's bottled water with Visine on Friday, the result wasn't the gut-buster he anticipated, according to a police report. ...more

October 4, 2007

NEW PORT RICHEY - A 15-year-old student at Harry Schwettman Educational Center was arrested by city police Tuesday, accused of trying to use Visine to poison a teacher. Other students at the dropout prevention school saw Roberto Jesus Ortiz put something in the teacher's water Friday, according to a report. School staff interviewed the teen Monday, and Ortiz admitted to tainting the woman's water, the report states. ...more

October 3, 2007