LARGO - 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 11, 2007

A school bus driver is under investigation after a developmentally disabled 9-year-old boy fell asleep on his school bus Friday morning and woke up to find himself in the school bus compound, according to school officials and the boy's mother. ...more

December 11, 2007

DUNEDIN - A school bus driver is under investigation after a developmentally disabled 9-year-old boy fell asleep on his school bus Friday morning and woke up to find himself in the school bus compound, according to school officials and the boy's mother. ...more

December 10, 2007

Members of the Coalition of Concerned Patriots have a message they want to deliver to high school students. ...more

November 19, 2007

Back in 2000, the Pinellas County School Board and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund reached an agreement on a school-choice plan that signaled the end to a requirement that schools have a set ratio of black to white students. ...more

November 16, 2007

"Separate but equal" faded as a guiding principle in public education after a U.S. Supreme Court decision five decades ago that forced racial integration. ...more

November 14, 2007

When asked Friday by an assistant principal, a sixth-grade Azalea Middle School student denied being told by a classmate that he would bring a gun and kill her, according to a St. Petersburg police report. ...more

November 14, 2007

Desegregation: The Calendar ...more

November 12, 2007

IF YOU GO The Pinellas County School Board is scheduled to decide this semester on a new way of determining which schools students will attend. When: Initial vote set for 10 a.m. Nov. 20, with a public hearing and final vote Dec. 11. Where: School administration building, 301 Fourth St. S.W., Largo To learn more: www.pinellas.k12.fl.us/Choice ...more

November 12, 2007

LARGO - "Separate but equal" faded as a guiding principle in public education after a U.S. Supreme Court decision five decades ago that forced racial integration. But the idea, if not the phrase, is making a comeback in a proposal that would steer Pinellas County students to schools in their own neighborhoods – neighborhoods that remain clearly divided by race. ...more

November 12, 2007