School cafeterias have long been associated, perhaps unfairly, for delicacies like Salisbury steak, "Hungarian goulash" - as though there's another kind - and the all-time classic, "mystery meat." ...more

December 16, 2009

When Brenda Breeden first read the announcement about the all-day Citizens Police Academy she shrugged it off. ...more

October 21, 2009

Claywell Elementary hosted a special event Sept. 11 for grandparents in hopes of promoting literacy. ...more

September 23, 2009

Due to a drop in student enrollment and expected cuts in funding, Superintendent Wally Cox recommended cutting 45.5 full-time instructional and administrative positions in the 2009-10 budget including 43 (5 percent) school-level teaching positions. ...more

February 26, 2009

TAMPA Dorothy Ford volunteered occasionally at Graham Elementary where her nieces and nephews attended. But she wanted to do more. "I was sitting at home getting fat, and I thought it was about time I got to doing something," said Ford, 68, who is retired. Through another volunteer at the school Ford learned of the foster grandparent program. It modestly reimburses volunteers, ranging in age from 60 to 93, who spend at least 20 hours a week helping in school classrooms, Head Start programs and shelters such as The Spring and Child Abuse Council. "It gives them the financial ability to volunteer," said Nancy McWilliams, Director of Community Relations for Seniors in Service Tampa Bay, which sponsors the program. ...more

February 18, 2009

Each year, billions of people around the planet make their New Year's resolutions: promises they've made to themselves, their friends and family and society as a whole. ...more

January 30, 2009

W.C. Fields once warned never to work with animals or small children. ...more

December 21, 2008

Tyler Smith will not only go to Super Bowl XLIII, he will also get to meet players and write a story. ...more

December 17, 2008

Tyler Smith will not only go to Super Bowl XLIII, he will also get to meet players and write a story. ...more

December 17, 2008

Tyler Smith will not only go to Super Bowl XLIII, he will also get to meet players and write a story. The 10-year-old Claywell Elementary student was selected last Friday to write a story on the big event for the Weekly Reader. ...more

December 11, 2008