Only about four years ago, the state's school districts were adding portable classrooms, building new schools and classroom wings and struggling to find enough teachers to fill all those new classrooms. ...more

December 28, 2009

Christmas is over, so the political season is starting. One of the first races to draw attention is Highlands County Commission District 2, where Edgar Stokes is the incumbent. District 2 is southeast Highlands County. ...more

December 27, 2009

For the 16th year, the Dade City Garden Club has designed and sold an ornament representing a historic Dade City building. This year's subject is a historical landmark of the Pasco academic community. ...more

December 19, 2009

It is difficult to express in words the level of my disgust at the actions of a faction of the Hernando County School Board and an arrogant collective of parents who decided to railroad the decision to move the gifted center to their favored gated school community, Challenger K-8. ...more

December 12, 2009

The past and present linked when Belle Witter Elementary School celebrated its 50th anniversary recently. ...more

November 25, 2009

Current plan calls for only two. ...more

November 19, 2009

Harold Clark is an icon at the school that bears his name. When the veteran educator was asked to attend a recent reception at Clark Elementary School, 19002 Wood Sage Drive, he thought he would make a quick appearance to help the school celebrate the start of its second decade in New Tampa, then return to his South Tampa home. ...more

November 16, 2009

The Highlands County School District is a "quality school system," according to the preliminary report of a Quality Assurance Review Team, which recommends accreditation for the district and all of its schools. ...more

November 12, 2009

I am the husband of a teacher in Hernando County. Hernando School Board members once again have shown their total and complete lack of respect for their teachers. ...more

October 29, 2009

Ever since her first quilt 10 years ago, Pasco School Board member Joanne Hurley knew the hobby would always have a piece of her heart. ...more

October 24, 2009