When Middleton High School was put on a state list of 13 schools that face closure unless they improve academically, Fred Hearns decided he had to act. ...more

December 6, 2008

The bad economic news just keeps getting worse. Last year, Florida legislators learned the state would lose about $1 billion in revenue. Before they could act on that news, it turned out the state had actually lost $2 billion. ...more

December 5, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Pasco schools Superintendent Heather Fiorentino announced a hiring freeze Tuesday as part of an effort to save money in the face of a mounting budget shortfall. ...more

December 3, 2008

With the student population in Pinellas County schools expected to plummet by 10,000 in five years, school administrators on Tuesday put forth a range of cost-cutting proposals, including cutting and shortening bus routes and closing elementary schools. ...more

December 3, 2008

A small group of students offered free hugs at Middleton High School on Monday to promote kindness and caring. ...more

December 2, 2008

A small group of students offered free hugs at Middleton High School today to promote kindness and caring. The effort is part of an international tolerance movement, says the Middleton student who started the local effort, Molly McConnell. Today was chosen, she said, because it is the deadline for all school districts to have an anti-bullying policy to comply with a new state law. ...more

December 1, 2008

State budget cuts put an end to summer FCAT retakes, reducing the opportunities for struggling high school students to pass the state assessment test. ...more

November 28, 2008

The school district will face a "big" funding cut in 2009-10, Superintendent Wally Cox said, unless something changes drastically. ...more

November 23, 2008

Feagin Johnson Jr. quickly came to his 11th-grade daughter's aid when she needed help with homework from the first pages of her thick Algebra II textbook, but his fast response came with a warning. ...more

November 23, 2008

The Pinellas County School Board was presented with a plan this afternoon that calls for five elementary schools to be closed. They are Palm Harbor Elementary, Gulf Beaches Elementary, North Ward Elementary, Kings Highway Elementary and Rio Vista Elementary. ...more

November 18, 2008