TAMPA HEIGHTS - The last time the auditorium at D.W. Waters Career Center was used for a graduation was in 1967, when the school was named Jefferson High. ...more

May 29, 2008

A Sligh Middle School teacher remains in Orient Road Jail this morning with no bail set after deputies charged him with domestic battery, a first-degree misdemeanor. ...more

February 7, 2008

Children at Twin Lakes Elementary should find out Dec. 11 who will become their new principal. The Hillsborough County School Board is scheduled to vote at its meeting on the principal appointment to replace Holly Saia. Saia transferred to Shaw Elementary last month for the retiring Gloria Kolka. Saia had served as Twin Lakes' principal since 2005. The school board meeting starts at 3 p.m. Dec. 11 at 901 E. Kennedy Boulevard. It will also be broadcast live on the Internet at www.sdhc.k12.fl.us and shown on the Education Channel, which is channel 614 on Bright House Networks and channel 32 on Verizon. ...more

December 10, 2007

Students at four Hillsborough County schools will have a chance to attend workshops on paying for college when the Sallie Mae Fund's bus tour stops in Tampa Monday and Tuesday. The fund, a charitable organization Sallie Mae sponsors, partnered with the Hillsborough County School district to bring the workshops to Lennard and Durant high schools on Monday and Leto and Alonso on Tuesday. Scholarships worth $250 each will be awarded at Lennard, Durant and Leto. The Alonso workshop will be conducted in Spanish and include a $1,000 scholarship. All are free. ...more

November 21, 2007

Children at Twin Lakes Elementary had an opportunity to participate in the Great American Teach In today. ...more

November 14, 2007

Tampa - The Hillsborough Choice application period for magnet programs and School Choice for the 2007-08 school year reopens Sept. 17 and runs through Sept. 28. ...more

September 14, 2007