Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay and Fifth Third Bank teamed up recently to recognize Sulphur Springs Elementary School students who made great efforts to improve their grades. ...more

June 11, 2008

Tony Perrone is known in the Hillsborough County school system as "an opener." ...more

June 7, 2008

For some students, graduation is an accomplishment. For others, it is a triumph over circumstance. ...more

June 3, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Graduating seniors are finding that admission to a state university is getting tougher as budget cuts force the four-year colleges to reduce or limit enrollment. "We know of many students who had planned to or intended to go to one of the universities, who because of their [admission] restrictions, are coming here first," South Florida Community College President Norman L. Stephens Jr. said Monday. The University of South Florida will freeze its freshmen enrollment at this year's level – 3,700. The Tampa university plans to reduce class offerings and increase class sizes. The University of Florida will cut its undergraduate enrollment by 1,000 students a year for the next four years. ...more

June 2, 2008

Some of the neediest students in the Hernando County School District will go without a guidance counselor next year due to budget cuts. ...more

May 28, 2008

Some of the neediest students in the Hernando County School District will go without a guidance counselor next year due to budget cuts. ...more

May 27, 2008

Mention the name Kayla Reigner among teachers and counselors at Riverview High School and you will undoubtedly hear the praise of people proud to know her. ...more

May 24, 2008

Mention the name Kayla Reigner among teachers and counselors at Riverview High School and you will undoubtedly hear the praise of people proud to know her. ...more

May 24, 2008

It was a day for just being a kid. Last week, more than 100 students from Hernando County's STAR alternative education center piled onto school buses and arrived for a particularly special field trip: A day at Buccaneer Bay water park at Weeki Wachee Springs. ...more

May 21, 2008

Local kids get day at Buccaneer Bay for good behavior. ...more

May 20, 2008