Q. Can you find out why the Hillsborough County School District has discontinued giving shots to elementary school students? What percentage has been vaccinated by the school system? - Greg, Valrico ...more

November 27, 2009

Longtime Hillsborough School Superintendent Earl Lennard will receive the Ellsworth G. Simmons Good Government Award at the April 15 County Commission meeting. ...more

April 2, 2009

Once Hillsborough School Superintendent MaryEllen Elia makes a decision, she tends to plow ahead, and isn't afraid to ruffle feelings. So she has taken her share of hits from parents, teachers and this editorial board during her 3½ years on the job. She never seems far from controversy. ...more

December 30, 2008

As a way to save money, the Hillsborough County School Board voted Tuesday to cut the summer workweek for all employees to four days. ...more

December 10, 2008

By mid-December, Hillsborough County school leaders will have to cut from their budget $26 million that they already planned to lose. ...more

November 25, 2008

School district officials and unions for teachers and blue-collar workers agreed to a 2 percent step pay increase Friday, retroactive to July 1. ...more

September 13, 2008

A 13-year-old who authorities say is connected to several rapes in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties will be charged as an adult, according to prosecutors. ...more

September 10, 2008

Angry parents. Late or missing buses. Lack of time to roll out a new plan. ...more

August 24, 2008

This is always the best way to begin a political career: simply having someone hand you an elective office, which spares one the indignity of having to bother with all those icky-poo-poo details of a campaign such as shaking hands with total strangers, asking people for money, eating bad food, showing up. ...more

August 21, 2008

Everything came together for Susan Sullivan when the school board promoted her to principal at Tomlin Middle School. ...more

August 6, 2008