Alafia Elementary School Principal Ellyn Smith will keep her job as the school district implements changes to improve morale, rally parent input and recognize staff for accomplishments. ...more

November 19, 2008

The situation might be stressful at Alafia Elementary School, but the problems aren't irreparable. ...more

November 10, 2008

Every school year, there are students facing the extra burden of being "the new kid at school," learning their way around, getting familiar with their peers and teachers and gaining a sense that this is "their" school. ...more

October 1, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Pasco County School District employees might not know until at least late October whether they will get raises and their annual step increases. ...more

September 20, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Unhappy school employees minced no words. They urged the Pasco County School Board to reject this year's budget, saying the board needed to work harder to find money for raises and step increases that aren't included in the financial plan. ...more

September 18, 2008

Unhappy school employees pleaded with the Pasco County School Board to reject this year's budget Tuesday evening, saying the board needs to work harder to find money for raises and step increases that aren't included in the financial plan. ...more

September 17, 2008

School district officials and unions for teachers and blue-collar workers agreed to a 2 percent step pay increase Friday, retroactive to July 1. ...more

September 13, 2008

Passing over one of their own, Pinellas County School Board members today reached out to Miami-Dade for their new superintendent. ...more

September 10, 2008

Six years ago, I attended a ceremony that officially opened the new Middleton High School in east Tampa. The old Middleton, one of the city's two historically black high schools, was closed in 1971, sacrificed on the altar of school desegregation. ...more

September 7, 2008

The school district will not be awarding back pay in the case of a Spring Hill bus driver who was disciplined after spanking a 4-year-old child with special needs on a bus last year. ...more

September 5, 2008