TOWN 'N COUNTRY - A social worker at Leto High School won a state award for her work with homeless students. ...more

December 17, 2008

A small group of students offered free hugs at Middleton High School today to promote kindness and caring. The effort is part of an international tolerance movement, says the Middleton student who started the local effort, Molly McConnell. Today was chosen, she said, because it is the deadline for all school districts to have an anti-bullying policy to comply with a new state law. ...more

December 1, 2008

The Pasco County School Board will talk about additional spending cuts this afternoon. ...more

December 1, 2008

Retired Gen. Tommy Franks will launch a lecture series next week for students and corporate sponsors at a charter school backed by Tampa Bay Buccaneer Derrick Brooks. ...more

November 29, 2008

Next week, retired Gen. Tommy Franks will launch a lecture series for students and the public at a charter school backed by Tampa Bay Buccaneers player Derrick Brooks. Franks, former head of U.S. Central Command in Tampa and the man who led the American invasions of Afghanistan, will speak about 10 a.m. Dec. 3 at Brooks-DeBartolo Collegiate High School, 11602 N. 15th St., Tampa. ...more

November 26, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Pasco County School Board members are preparing for more spending cuts after learning Tuesday evening that the school district faces a potential shortfall of $15 million to $16 million. ...more

November 20, 2008

New figures from the state Department of Education indicate more students are graduating from high school and fewer are dropping out. ...more

November 19, 2008

Some members of this year's senior class will have to delay starting college or work because of state cost-cutting efforts. ...more

November 13, 2008

Chosen from a pool of more than 1,000 students, Ridgewood High School's William Velasquez is one of three winners of the state's Hispanic Heritage Month student essay contest. ...more

October 26, 2008

Beginning in 2009, Florida is dropping the portion of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test that measures how much children know about reading and math compared with students in other states. ...more

July 1, 2008