As expected, Nature Coast High School Technical High School band director Timothy Brightbill resigned Friday. ...more

January 9, 2009

As expected, Nature Coast High School Technical High School band director Timothy Brightbill resigned today. Brightbill, 42, faces charges of unlawful sexual activity with a minor. The mother of a 17-year-old female student came home on Dec. 31 to find Brightbill and the girl together in her bedroom clad only in their underwear, police said. Brightbill admitted to engaging in sex acts with the girl that day and at his home one day last November, according to police. ...more

January 9, 2009

The Hernando County School District intends to seek property taxes from Brooksville Regional Hospital for the value of the building and the county-owned land on which it sits, school officials said Thursday. ...more

January 9, 2009

Nature Coast Technical High School is without a band director today, the first day back for students after the winter break. ...more

January 6, 2009

Hernando County School Superintendent Wayne Alexander is looking for jobs in New England and already is a semifinalist for a superintendent post in Massachusetts. ...more

December 23, 2008

Dispute over visitation rights with stepchildren is catalyst. ...more

December 22, 2008

Hernando County Superintendent of Schools Wayne Alexander is looking for jobs in New England and is a semifinalist for a superintendent post in Massachusetts. ...more

December 22, 2008

The Hernando County school district is keeping good financial books, a state audit has found. ...more

December 20, 2008

Dominick Ferello incited a mob of first-graders on Monday. It was Ferello's first day back on the job as principal of Explorer K-8 after a six-week break as he recovered from an illness, and Angela Esposito's class was clearly happy to see him. ...more

December 16, 2008

Explorer K-8's principal will return to school Monday after an extended absence due to an illness that left him hospitalized. ...more

December 12, 2008