I was only half-listening as my wife rambled on about her day in the classroom. She's a good teacher - a very good teacher - but she cares too much about her third-grade students. At night it makes it difficult to get in a few words about my job. ...more

November 15, 2009

For the first time in Seffner Christian school history, a freezing bucket of water was dumped on one of its cross country coaches, namely Andy Holmes, doused by his runners because they had just finished fourth in the Class 1A-Region 3 meet at Taylor Park. ...more

November 14, 2009

Recent tests conducted at two Hillsborough County schools have revealed higher-than-acceptable levels of arsenic, mercury, lead and other toxic contaminants in the soil, the district says. ...more

November 14, 2009

A fraction signed up for it and even fewer made it through the process Monday as Hillsborough County schools extended its vaccination program to students at select high schools and middle schools. ...more

October 27, 2009

A morning news radio show blasted Hillsborough County schools Tuesday after learning in an e-mail that Fox News Channel was dropped from televisions at a school in Brandon. ...more

October 21, 2009

Hillsborough County schools have won a $2.2 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for research on what makes teachers effective and students more successful. ...more

October 21, 2009

This month marks the retirement of Stevie Brownlee, capping four decades as a teacher for Hillsborough County schools. ...more

June 15, 2009

Please help me get this right. Hillsborough County schools are in a budget crisis. The school system wants to spend $42,000 to engrave school laptops with identifying marks to prevent theft. Is there no one capable within the system who can use an etching tool to mark these laptops? ...more

April 23, 2009

Former Hillsborough County schools Superintendent Earl Lennard will receive the Ellsworth G. Simmons Good Government Award at the April 15 county commission meeting. ...more

April 5, 2009

A teacher inspired Paul Wharton to pursue his dream of becoming an educator. ...more

April 1, 2009