Lately the TV news channel that I watch has been talking about President Obama's planned school visits. Some of the parents didn't like his lesson plan or speech, so they said they would keep their kids home on the day he visits. ...more

September 7, 2009

A former substitute teacher, who gained national attention last year when he said he lost his job over an accusation about practicing wizardry, filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Pasco County School Board. Jim Piculas claims in the lawsuit that school officials damaged his reputation by making false accusations about his teaching abilities. ...more

January 28, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - A substitute teacher who said he lost his job because of claims that he was practicing wizardry plans to file a lawsuit against the Pasco County School Board. ...more

July 8, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - A substitute teacher who said he lost his job because of claims that he was practicing wizardry plans to file a lawsuit against the Pasco County School Board. ...more

July 7, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - The telephone call that spelled the end of Jim Piculas' career as a substitute teacher in Pasco County came on a January day about a week after he performed the disappearing-toothpick trick for a group of rapt middle school students. ...more

May 6, 2008