Sugared soft drinks will disappear from school vending machines in Hillsborough County schools during the 2008-09 school year. ...more

July 11, 2008

When Ridgewood High students return in August, they will find their school undergoing a two-story, $2.5 million expansion. ...more

July 11, 2008

As the excitement wears off regarding the Hernando County School District's overall "A" grade for the first time in the history of the state's A Plus plan, officials are taking a closer look at schools that have not met federal standards. ...more

July 11, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Superintendent Heather Fiorentino was ready to do a little bragging Tuesday after the Florida Department of Education released the state's annual report card that grades schools and school districts. ...more

July 9, 2008

Superintendent Heather Fiorentino was ready to do a little bragging Tuesday after the Florida Department of Education released the state's annual report card that grades schools and school districts. The Pasco County School District, a perennial B, earned an A this year. "We are absolutely thrilled," Fiorentino said. For individual schools in the district, there were 29 A's, 20 B's, 17 C's and two D's. Pasco has never had an F school. ...more

July 8, 2008

It's a marriage made in plumbing heaven. Officials with the Bloomingdale Oaks Dependant Tax District wanted a way to water landscaping in front of their subdivision. ...more

July 5, 2008

Former Hernando High School senior Nadia Estrada loved taking German class at school. ...more

June 27, 2008

BUT OFFICIALS SAY OTHER FACTORS WERE AT PLAY ...more

June 26, 2008

As the school district prepares to expand its cost-cutting school bus route plans to other parts of Hillsborough County, Pearl Chiarenza feels the pain of parents upset with proposed changes in their neighborhoods. ...more

June 18, 2008

Hernando High School graduation fiasco could have been solved with a little "scootch to the left." ...more

June 17, 2008