David Khalil started the class period with a hodgepodge of tiles and ended it with a mosaic wall-hanging that spelled out "Love." Third-graders at Sheehy Elementary surrounded the artist as he trimmed tiles and took turns spreading adhesive on the backs and mounting them on a wooden backing. They had to be careful, 9-year-old Jaquez Cantave said, and not put too much or too little adhesive on the tile. "Then you got to find a place," Jaquez said. "If it can't fit, he cuts them." Khalil, a Carrollwood-based mosaic artist, visited Sheehy as a guest teacher today, part of a program to get disabled students involved in the arts. The Sheehy students had learning, behavioral or emotional disabilities; other schools involved students who had physical disabilities. ...more

April 1, 2009

Hernando County school board member John Sweeney is spearheading an effort to save Florida's taxpayers millions of dollars while increasing the pay for many of the state's teachers. ...more

July 1, 2008

School board member's plan aims to save money, give teachers options ...more

June 30, 2008

A kicking country band will headline "An All American Celebration" on Saturday to benefit the nonprofit Pasco Pediatric Foundation. ...more

November 8, 2007

A popular West Pasco area band will headline "An All American Celebration," a benefit Saturday for the nonprofit Pasco Pediatric Foundation. ...more

November 7, 2007