The Pinellas County teachers union filed suit against the Pinellas School Board on Tuesday, claiming the board failed to revert to a maximum five periods of teaching per day for middle school teachers at the beginning of the year. ...more

January 21, 2009

Pinellas County school officials this morning are expected to discuss and likely vote on unpopular cuts to their budget for the 2009-2010 school year. Faced with a need to slash $69 million to $82 million, they have acknowledged drastic action is the only way to balance the financial numbers. ...more

January 13, 2009

With the student population in Pinellas County schools expected to plummet by 10,000 in five years, school administrators today put forth a range of cost-cutting proposals, including cutting and shortening bus routes. ...more

December 2, 2008

St. Petersburg's commitment to building neighborhood parks has won it a $70,000 grant for a new playground in Childs Park, Mayor Rick Baker said today. The grant was among three awards the city received Monday at the America's Promise Alliance National Forum on Youth in Washington, D.C. ...more

September 24, 2008

Pinellas County's four-month search for a new superintendent of schools will last a little longer. ...more

September 13, 2008

LARGO - Pinellas County's four-month search for a new superintendent of schools will last a little longer. ...more

September 12, 2008

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

Desegregation: The Calendar ...more

November 12, 2007