AVON PARK — Michelle Caibio and Casey McKibben have kept each other up on their school work, studied together, gone to the same church and will both call the University of Florida their next school. They tried to earn the same grade point average to share Avon Park High School's valedictorian prize together, but that was one of the few math problems Michelle and Casey couldn't figure out. ...more

May 7, 2008

NORTH TAMPA - Two area schools will open the next school year with new leaders. The school board appointed new principals Tuesday, May 6, for Pizzo Elementary and Tampa Bay Technical High. ...more

May 6, 2008

While Sebring High School baseball players are relishing in advancing to the regional finals in Class 4-A for the second consecutive year, the school's soccer players – as well as those in Avon Park and Hardee County – are wondering if they will even have a season next year. There is a desperate need for referees as a result of the Central Florida Ridge Soccer Officials Association announcing that it no longer has the manpower to accommodate both Polk and Highlands counties in the next school year. The three schools could see their programs be dropped if local officials are not found. We hope that won't happen. ...more

May 3, 2008

SEBRING — The school district received 52 completed applications from students who want to take pre–International Baccalaureate (I.B.) courses next school year. ...more

May 3, 2008

School board members have approved a controversial boundary change despite parents' complaints that they were not informed about the plan. However, board members did change procedure so future boundary proposals will be presented to all affected parents. ...more

April 15, 2008

Teachers who stay at the USF Patel Charter School will get some extra cash this year. ...more

February 20, 2008

SEBRING — Next school year, some high school students will be able to have "safe" e-mail accounts courtesy of the School Board of Highlands County. The school board approved a contract recently with Gaggle.Net, a Web-based hosted e-mail service for K-12 education. "Primarily, we are targeting [grades] nine through 12," Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum Rebecca Fleck said Friday. ...more

February 18, 2008

A chain saw chewed through the doomed maple while two men held ropes secured to its trunk. ...more

January 22, 2008

The FHSAA officially announced it will discontinue the boys fall soccer series because it could not meet the mandated 48 teams required to continue the series as set forth by the board of directors on Nov. 19. Only 37 teams responded to the survey put out by the FHSAA and indicated they would participate in fall soccer for 2008. ...more

January 9, 2008

The Pinellas County School Board on Tuesday delayed final action on a controversial plan that would steer Pinellas County students to schools in their own neighborhoods. ...more

December 12, 2007