At a Hillsborough County School District board meeting Dec. 9, Superintendent MaryEllen Elia announced that Ellyn Smith intends to step down from her post as principal at Alafia Elementary School in Valrico by the start of the new semester Jan. 6. ...more

December 17, 2008

an announcement that comes one week after its embattled leader asked for a transfer. ...more

December 17, 2008

Alafia Elementary School will have a new principal by early January -- an announcement that comes one week after its embattled leader asked for a transfer. ...more

December 16, 2008

The principal at Alafia Elementary School says she plans to leave her post by next semester, telling the district's superintendent that the division at the school has become "a major distraction." ...more

December 10, 2008

Alafia Elementary School principal Ellyn Smith says she plans to leave her post by next semester, telling the district's superintendent that the division at the school has become "a major distraction." ...more

December 9, 2008

Alafia Elementary School Principal Ellyn Smith sat stoically Thursday night as parents hurled complaints against her to Hillsborough County Schools Superintendent MaryEllen Elia. ...more

November 26, 2008

Alafia Elementary School Principal Ellyn Smith sat stoically by tonight as school parents hurled complaints against her to Hillsborough County Schools Superintendent MaryEllen Elia. ...more

November 20, 2008

A team of school district staff, administrators and guidance counselors who reviewed Alafia Elementary School Principal Ellyn Smith's leadership skills will report their findings to school staff Monday, Hillsborough County School District spokesman Stephen Hegarty said. ...more

November 7, 2008

Hillsborough Schools Superintendent MaryEllen Elia will go to Alafia Elementary School to check out complaints after several parents called for the removal of the principal. ...more

October 8, 2008

If the city of Tampa is considering lay-offs to cope with reduced tax revenues, Mayor Pam Iorio should be willing to ask police officers who live outside Hillsborough County to pay for the gas they use when driving their take-home cruisers beyond the county line. ...more

July 17, 2008