LAND O' LAKES - Schools Superintendent Heather Fiorentino said Wednesday that an elections complaint filed against her by the West Pasco Board of Realtors is off-base. ...more

January 23, 2008

A real estate broker has filed a complaint with the Florida Elections Commission against schools Superintendent Heather Fiorentino, claiming she violated state law by using the school district's e-mail system for political purposes. ...more

January 23, 2008

Hillsborough County's proposal to use money earmarked for school construction to build new roads is a bad idea and probably illegal, Hillsborough Schools Superintendent MaryEllen Elia wrote in a letter Tuesday to county commissioners. ...more

January 16, 2008

Hillsborough Schools Superintendent MaryEllen Elia will make $290,518 this year after adding a bonus for improved student performance during 2006-07. ...more

January 15, 2008

An internal audit warned last year that the state board that invests local government money should have a special committee to review overall risk in the agency's investments, and that it was relying on too few brokerages when buying securities. ...more

January 4, 2008

A school lunchroom worker who gained fame as a contestant on CBS' reality show "Survivor: China" wasn't telling the truth when she claimed during Sunday's season finale that she had been demoted to janitor, her boss says. ...more

December 20, 2007

The Children's Board of Hillsborough County will have an opportunity next month to attack two problems with one smart initiative: a proposal to use nearly $1 million to provide childcare for homeless families. ...more

December 18, 2007

Engineers will seek to construct a compromise on who pays for road improvements around newly built schools, Pasco county and School District officials decided today. ...more

December 11, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - Michael Campbell bounced around his new yard like a jumping bean. ...more

December 9, 2007

Pasco County and School District officials kept getting detoured today about who will pay for road improvements near new schools and how much. The leaders met for two hours this morning, only to decide to meet yet again, Dec. 11, to try to settle the issue once and for all. ...more

November 20, 2007