LAND O' LAKES - Principals have been selected for a high school and an elementary school opening in August. ...more

December 25, 2008

At a Hillsborough County School District board meeting Dec. 9, Superintendent MaryEllen Elia announced that Ellyn Smith intends to step down from her post as principal at Alafia Elementary School in Valrico by the start of the new semester Jan. 6. ...more

December 17, 2008

Dominick Ferello incited a mob of first-graders on Monday. It was Ferello's first day back on the job as principal of Explorer K-8 after a six-week break as he recovered from an illness, and Angela Esposito's class was clearly happy to see him. ...more

December 16, 2008

The money is better off in the hands of teachers rather than sitting at a bank. ...more

December 11, 2008

The principal at Alafia Elementary School says she plans to leave her post by next semester, telling the district's superintendent that the division at the school has become "a major distraction." ...more

December 10, 2008

Alafia Elementary School principal Ellyn Smith says she plans to leave her post by next semester, telling the district's superintendent that the division at the school has become "a major distraction." ...more

December 9, 2008

How old is old enough to give blood during high school blood drives? ...more

December 8, 2008

Of the 147,000 public high school graduates in Florida last year, at least 6,500 earned a diploma without ever having passed the 10th-grade FCAT. ...more

November 29, 2008

Following its tradition of electing a new chairman each year, the School Board of Highlands County approved Andy Tuck to head the board for the next 12 months. ...more

November 22, 2008

Hernando County's graduation rate crept up during the 2007-08 school year to 76.9 percent. ...more

November 20, 2008