Riverview High School in Sarasota was locked down today when a student reported another student for bringing a weapon to school, said Gary Leatherman, spokesman for the Sarasota County School District. ...more

November 29, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG - A 20-year-old student at the Life Skills Center of Pinellas County was arrested Thursday on charges that he brought a loaded gun onto the alternative- school campus. ...more

November 9, 2007

Lisa Hawk patiently tries to corral son Aiden, 5, back to business, drawing clowns from geometric shapes at his home-school worktable. But there are people in the house — big, big excitement. His bare feet skitter across hardwood floors as he runs room to room, showing off his prized dominoes and Thomas the Tank Engine trains. Then he throws himself across the front door and pleads with grown-up visitors to stay and play. His mother knows he gets bored and lonely at home, even though she brings in playmates as often as she can. It breaks her heart to watch the carefree children at her St. Petersburg neighborhood school, knowing Aiden will never join them. "I would love for him to be able to go to school and play with the other kids," Hawk says. "But for someone with allergies, a peanut in the classroom is like a loaded gun." ...more

October 28, 2007