LAND O' LAKES - Pasco County schools are moving forward with a plan to buy hand-held electronic devices that aid in test-taking and data-gathering, but it's a decision that doesn't sit well with the union that represents school employees. ...more

November 9, 2008

TAMPA – University of South Florida freshman forward/center Gus Gilchrist was ruled eligible to play for the Bulls this season beginning with their seventh game against Niagara. ...more

November 5, 2008

Replacing ritzy homecoming and prom ballrooms with the school cafeteria could be a hard sell for those who have never tried it. ...more

November 1, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Superintendent Heather Fiorentino says the Pasco County School District is headed in the right direction and wants voters to give her another four years to build on her successes. ...more

October 26, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - More than 100 cross country runners from 16 high schools participated in the Ron Robison Invitational on Oct. 3. ...more

October 19, 2008

In the midst of an economic crisis, Brandon High keeps doing what is has done for decades - put on a big show for Homecoming at a low price. Brandon High Homecoming: Big Show On A Budget ...more

October 17, 2008

Thank you to Marc Valero for his article on the Career Academy. I want to add a comment that should go hand in hand with the quote from Mr. Lemler, "The academy is trying to prepare students, who don't plan to attend a four-year college." The national trend in career academies is to be an alternative route to a four-year college. ...more

October 13, 2008

Beck, headquartered in Dallas with offices in Tampa, is the contractor for the schools that will be completed Aug. 1 near Interstate 4 and McIntosh Road ...more

September 24, 2008

About 20 Pasco Elementary School students experimented today with a new way of taking tests, a method that could provide a peek into the classroom of the future. ...more

September 11, 2008

Six years ago, I attended a ceremony that officially opened the new Middleton High School in east Tampa. The old Middleton, one of the city's two historically black high schools, was closed in 1971, sacrificed on the altar of school desegregation. ...more

September 7, 2008