Hillsborough County public schools produced more National Merit Scholarship semifinalists than any other school system in Florida, the school district announced today. Sixty-four Hillsborough students won the semifinalist distinction, a 23 percent increase over last year's total of 52. ...more

September 10, 2008

TAMPA - Hillsborough County Schools Superintendent MaryEllen Elia apologized again at her first town meeting Tuesday for this year's lack of communication about changing bus stops and for having too few phone lines for questions. ...more

September 2, 2008

Hillsborough schools Superintendent Mary Ellen Elia launches a series of town hall meetings at Hillsborough High School tonight at a time when the district is still wrestling with complaints about new school bus routes. ...more

September 2, 2008

TAMPA Jack Davis, the 57-year-old administrator in charge of Hillsborough Schools' embattled transportation department, is retiring Sept.5. ...more

August 27, 2008

The nation's first charter school run by a public university might be transferred to the Hillsborough County School District because USF Patel Charter School lacks money and services to boost its failing status. ...more

July 30, 2008

Three Hillsborough schools are among 13 targeted statewide for possible closing a year from now because their students have been the lowest performing in the state. ...more

July 30, 2008

Last week's report card for Florida schools showed that there were two failing schools in Hillsborough County - neither of which were in South Shore. ...more

July 16, 2008

Alonso, Hillsborough, Newsome, Riverview, Plant, Bloomingdale, Sickles, Tampa Bay Technical, Freedom and Gaither. Only three high schools got A grades in 2007. Of all Hillsborough schools, 143 got A's or B's in the report, up from 137 last year. Here are excerpts from user posts. ...more

July 16, 2008

TAMPA – Florida's school report card was released today, and Hillsborough County ended up with two failing schools -- Broward and Sulphur Springs elementaries -- compared with five in 2007 ...more

July 8, 2008

Here are the Hillsborough schools projected to be at 95 percent or more of capacity in August that are no longer a choice option for families: ...more

June 25, 2008