The Pinellas County School Board was presented with a plan this afternoon that calls for five elementary schools to be closed. They are Palm Harbor Elementary, Gulf Beaches Elementary, North Ward Elementary, Kings Highway Elementary and Rio Vista Elementary. ...more

November 18, 2008

The mural looks like a portrait of life here, an 8 foot-by-2 foot hand-printed acrylic work with at least two dozen symbols of Zephyrhills. ...more

November 18, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Imagine Charter School at Land O' Lakes, which opened this week in a temporary location, still plans to move to a permanent site in August 2009. ...more

August 23, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Pasco County officials handed the developers of the proposed Imagine charter school another delay Thursday because of questions about how students will safely access the school. ...more

June 13, 2008

Mayr Malool wrote a beautiful letter on evolution and Intelligent Design. This was followed with a thoughtful written letter by Bob Glavey who raised good points. Both these letters are topical given the proposed school board resolution on evolution. I am concerned about the misunderstandings surrounding the scientific theory. The word "theory" is confusing this important debate because it means something different in the context of science. Here, a theory must satisfy three criteria: it must explain the outcomes of many experiments, it must be tested, and it must be predictive. Newton's Theory of Gravity, for example, predicts how quickly an object will fall to the earth. ...more

February 7, 2008

After weeks of fruitless negotiations about who should pay for road improvements near Pasco County's public schools, officials on both sides punted Tuesday. ...more

December 12, 2007