A tractor-trailer driver was on his cell phone when he slammed into a school bus in north Florida, police said Wednesday. A 13-year-old girl died, but officials are crediting heroic passers-by who pulled students off the burning bus with preventing an even bigger tragedy. ...more

September 24, 2008

At least one student died and eight people were injured Tuesday after a tractor-trailer rear-ended a school bus in an accident in West Central Florida, authorities said. ...more

September 24, 2008

The Pinellas County School Board voted 7-0 this morning to approve a three-year contract to make Janssen the superintendent of schools. ...more

September 23, 2008

After a bit of a lull following the primary, candidates are gearing up for the sprint to the finish line for the Nov. 4 general election. ...more

September 20, 2008

This week, the Pinellas County School Board named Julie Janssen superintendent of schools. The post had been vacant since June, when Clayton Wilcox gave up the superintendent's job and headed off to New York and a job with an educational publishing firm. In his four years in the superintendent's job Wilcox tried to shake up the School District, ruffling a lot of feathers in the process. ...more

September 20, 2008

Pinellas County's four-month search for a new superintendent of schools will last a little longer. ...more

September 13, 2008

LARGO - Pinellas County's four-month search for a new superintendent of schools will last a little longer. ...more

September 12, 2008

Pinellas County school superintendent candidate Alberto Carvahlo has decided to accept a job running Miami-Dade County schools. ...more

September 12, 2008

Their missions, once they choose to accept them, are something like this: ...more

September 8, 2008

Pinellas County has some important hiring decisions to make as it fills a couple of important slots: superintendent of schools and county administrator. ...more

September 5, 2008