Worried over their children's health, about two dozen parents appeared before the school board today demanding a stop to the practice of placing cell phone towers at schools, regardless of the income it provides. ...more

February 10, 2009

Students in grades four, eight and 10 will face the first round of assessment testing for the 2008-09 school year this week, with the writing portion of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test being given Tuesday. ...more

February 9, 2009

The addition of Strawberry Crest High School will definitely be welcomed as all east Hillsborough schools are operating over capacity. ...more

February 4, 2009

The addition of Strawberry Crest High School will definitely be welcomed as all east Hillsborough schools are operating over capacity. ...more

January 30, 2009

Forty-one-year educator, Avon Park Middle School Principal Dan Johnson, has announced he will retire at the end of the school year. ...more

January 27, 2009

Highlands County School Board members have been fielding phone calls from parents who are upset with a proposed doubling of the number of early release days from 10 to 20. ...more

January 25, 2009

Palm Harbor Elementary School will pass into history with the end of the 2008-09 school year. The school's building on 15th Street, however, may live on as a center of education. Steve Christopoulos, principal of the Plato Academy, in Clearwater, says he is interested in opening the charter school's second location in the former home of Palm Harbor Elementary School. ...more

January 24, 2009

Some of the most crowded high schools in northern and eastern Hillsborough County would see relief under new attendance zones the school district proposed Thursday. ...more

January 23, 2009

Some of most crowded high schools in northern and eastern Hillsborough County would see relief under new attendance zones the school district proposed today. ...more

January 22, 2009

The Pinellas County Classroom Teachers Association filed suit against the school board Tuesday, saying the board reneged on a promise to go back to a maximum five teaching periods a day for middle school teachers. ...more

January 22, 2009