Four of the seven Hillsborough School Board members were sworn in for four more years Tuesday night and applications for five more charter schools were approved for the 2009-10 school year. ...more

November 18, 2008

The strawberry won. After 20 speakers saluted the fruit, its history, its economic impact and the east Hillsborough families that have farmed it for generations, four Hillsborough school board members voted Thursday to name the new high school opening in August near Plant City "Strawberry Crest." ...more

November 7, 2008

Six students from East Bay High School wowed the Hillsborough County School Board on Tuesday, raving about their participation in presidential rallies and asking for a district policy change. ...more

October 22, 2008

Think for a minute about the challenges facing Hillsborough public schools: nearly a dozen high schools labeled as "dropout factories" because as many as 40 percent of students are left behind, a transportation quagmire that's hurt children and families, and spending practices that leave taxpayers wondering where the money goes. ...more

October 14, 2008

A charter school designed to promote peace didn't attract enough attention to open this year as planned. ...more

September 3, 2008

A state report on district transportation problems and a bus driver shortage identifies issues of the bus driver turnover rate, low driver pay, lack of benefits and incentives. ...more

August 24, 2008

even though you were promised they would "drop like a rock." You should feel hoodwinked. ...more

July 28, 2008

Travel spending by Hillsborough school board members has ignited a nasty board battle. ...more

July 23, 2008

The state Board of Education voted Tuesday to add evolution to Florida's standards for teaching science to K-12 students, but defined it as a "scientific theory," a compromise that did little to appease opponents of the plan. ...more

February 20, 2008

Hillsborough School board member Jennifer Faliero started moving back to her elected east Hillsborough district Thursday after moving to South Tampa in mid-June. ...more

September 29, 2007