Residents concerned expansion of Plant High will have a further impact on their surrounding neighborhood were unable to convince the city council Thursday night to reject the project, but achieved concessions to reduce privacy and parking problems. ...more

December 11, 2009

Plans to buy 1 acre to provide more parking at Gorrie Elementary and adjacent Wilson Middle schools will be discussed at a community meeting Tuesday. ...more

December 9, 2009

More Hillsborough County schools will offer swine flu shots in the next two weeks, thanks to an increased vaccination supply. ...more

December 7, 2009

Two South Tampa schools would gain parking if the school system buys a 1-acre vacant lot between the campuses. ...more

December 4, 2009

The past and present linked when Belle Witter Elementary School celebrated its 50th anniversary recently. ...more

November 25, 2009

I was only half-listening as my wife rambled on about her day in the classroom. She's a good teacher - a very good teacher - but she cares too much about her third-grade students. At night it makes it difficult to get in a few words about my job. ...more

November 15, 2009

For the first time in Seffner Christian school history, a freezing bucket of water was dumped on one of its cross country coaches, namely Andy Holmes, doused by his runners because they had just finished fourth in the Class 1A-Region 3 meet at Taylor Park. ...more

November 14, 2009

Recent tests conducted at two Hillsborough County schools have revealed higher-than-acceptable levels of arsenic, mercury, lead and other toxic contaminants in the soil, the district says. ...more

November 14, 2009

A fraction signed up for it and even fewer made it through the process Monday as Hillsborough County schools extended its vaccination program to students at select high schools and middle schools. ...more

October 27, 2009

A morning news radio show blasted Hillsborough County schools Tuesday after learning in an e-mail that Fox News Channel was dropped from televisions at a school in Brandon. ...more

October 21, 2009