If given a choice, would Hillsborough County school employees choose layoffs and salary cuts to help close a multimillion-dollar deficit, or would they take a few days off without pay? As the head of the teachers union put it, it's like asking, "Would you rather cut off your right arm or your left leg?" But the district wants their input. School officials circulated a survey to 25,000 employees this week, asking for their thoughts on the grim options they're considering to save as much as $55 million. ...more

January 15, 2009

Five Pinellas County elementary schools will close at the end of the current term and four middle schools will combine into two, school officials decided Tuesday. ...more

January 14, 2009

Pinellas County school officials this morning are expected to discuss and likely vote on unpopular cuts to their budget for the 2009-2010 school year. Faced with a need to slash $69 million to $82 million, they have acknowledged drastic action is the only way to balance the financial numbers. ...more

January 13, 2009

The Hernando County School District intends to seek property taxes from Brooksville Regional Hospital for the value of the building and the county-owned land on which it sits, school officials said Thursday. ...more

January 9, 2009

He's the pride of Oklahoma, a humble, hard-working and incredibly accurate quarterback who has brought his Sooners to the brink of a national championship. ...more

January 4, 2009

If everything had gone as planned, former Ridgewood High basketball star Ashley Morrison would have already graduated from college, started her professional life, and maybe already started a family. ...more

January 2, 2009

It is curtains for termites munching their way through Hillsborough High School. ...more

December 25, 2008

Starting in January, school district officials will be meeting with parents to talk about what's coming as the Hillsborough County school district prepares to set new attendance boundaries. ...more

December 24, 2008

It is curtains for termites munching their way through Hillsborough High School. That really huge, tent covering the historical school, at 5000 N. Central Ave., will be filled with gas to terminate the destructive insects. The building's last termite tenting was nearly nine years ago. With school closed for winter break, now seemed the perfect time to tackle what is a weeklong project, school officials said. ...more

December 23, 2008

Hernando County Superintendent of Schools Wayne Alexander is looking for jobs in New England and is a semifinalist for a superintendent post in Massachusetts. ...more

December 22, 2008