Some members of this year's senior class will have to delay starting college or work because of state cost-cutting efforts. ...more

November 13, 2008

As a reward for scoring a 5 on some portion of the FCAT test in the spring, 60 juniors and sophomores from Boca Ciega High School boarded a small convoy of limousines for a trip to Columbia Restaurant at The Pier in St. Petersburg, where they ate Cuban sandwiches and the restaurant's signature 1905 salad. ...more

September 2, 2008

It has been a decade since Florida started the controversial practice of grading schools and Tuesday's release of school grades from the Florida Department of Education added a celebratory note to the milestone. The results indicate that school accountability is doing just what it was intended to do: revealing what progress is - and is not occurring - in our schools. ...more

July 9, 2008

Every year about this time, snowbirds return en masse to South Shore from their summer homes up North. Here's a recap highlighting some of the stories that appeared in the paper from June through September: ...more

November 5, 2007