TARPON SPRINGS - The Police Department's small cadre of school-based officers has been recognized as best in the state by the Florida Association of School Resource Officers. The honor is especially sweet for Tarpon police, who lobbied to have their own officers patrol local schools. Other schools in the county have SROs from the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. ...more

June 14, 2008

They set the example to which future classes would live by. On that, most of the graduating seniors at Lennard High School agree. ...more

June 4, 2008

SEBRING — A 16-year-old student at the Academy at Youth Care Lane was charged Thursday with a felony count of crimes against a person by threat, as well as disturbing the peace, for allegedly saying he was going to shoot his drill instructors with a gun. ...more

January 19, 2008

An open letter to the School Board and superintendent of Highlands County: I am writing this letter to express my dissatisfaction in regard to the school board's offer to raise the Educational Support Professionals salary by 2 percent. Due to circumstances beyond our association's control, we have been working under last year's contract until Nov. 9, when the school board/superintendent presented this "offer," and I use that term loosely. I understand that the district has the authority and responsibility to set aside a certain percent of monies for employee's salaries (raises). What I don't understand is the reasoning behind their only offering us a 2 percent raise especially considering that the teacher's got at least an 8 percent raise over 2 years, and administrators received 3 percent raise for the current year. ...more

November 30, 2007

Your editorial, 'Shooting Case Raises Concerns About District's Credibility' (Our Opinion, Sept. 30), regarding safety at King High School recognized the improvements we have made on the campus. Like all our high schools, King High has worked to reduce misbehavior that interferes with learning. Principal Carla Bruning and her staff have done an exceptional job and the proof is in the dramatic reduction in incidents and in the academic achievement worthy of celebration. ...more

October 8, 2007