My student newspaper editor walks into my classroom following a science test she had been dreading for days. ...more

July 27, 2008

Schoolteacher-turned-sex-offender Debra Lafave no longer will have to provide Florida Department of Corrections officials her daily schedule, and they no longer will keep minute-by-minute track of her whereabouts. ...more

July 11, 2008

TAMPA If schoolteacher-turned-sex-offender Debra Lafave can make it another day without incident, she will be freed from house arrest. ...more

July 11, 2008

A desire to put thought to paper brought 14 students to the two-week writers' camp that wrapped up last week at Weightman Middle School. ...more

July 8, 2008

Court's Interpretation Regarding "Individual Gun Rights Affirmed" (front page, June 27): ...more

July 2, 2008

Alicia Schuering's soccer coach and her teachers have nothing but praise for the Hudson High sophomore. ...more

June 8, 2008

Of course, we are all supposed to be aghast at the allegations against Stephanie Ragusa, the middle school teacher who allegedly can't say "no" when it comes to playing show and tell with her students, but it sent some readers down memory lane. ...more

May 4, 2008

Like many teenagers, Derrick "Deejay" Young dreams of seeing his name in lights and making it big in the recording industry. ...more

February 16, 2008

SEBRING — For about one-fifth of the students in Highlands County, next week is the start of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. The FCAT Writing Plus test will be administered to fourth-, eighth- and 10th- graders starting Tuesday. Testing will continue on Wednesday followed by two make-up testing days – Thursday and Friday (Feb. 15). Hill-Gustat Middle School eighth-grader Laura Tenneson is calm and confident about the FCAT. ...more

February 8, 2008

A former Hillsborough County teacher was arrested Wednesday, accused of trespassing at Madison Middle School, district spokeswoman Linda Cobbe said. Lorie M. Ford, 37, of Odessa, was stopped by a Tampa police officer when she entered the campus, at 4444 W. Bay Vista Ave., according to an arrest report. ...more

January 31, 2008