Four-year-old Alexandra Seelig is plopped down in front of a computer screen at Brandon Regional Library next to her big sister, 7-year-old Isabella. ...more

October 5, 2007

TAMPA - Four-year-old Alexandra Seelig is plopped down in front of a computer screen next to her big sister, Isabella, 7, at the Brandon Regional Library, oblivious to her surroundings. In their ears are "bugs," small earphones that talk to them. On the screen: a 20-minute course on how not to fall victim to Internet predators. Beginning this week, they became part of a culture of prevention at the Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative, which began a policy Monday of requiring anyone 17 or younger to take the course before they can set foot in cyberspace on a library computer. ...more

October 4, 2007

Questions On Homework The school year is only a few weeks old, but the homework already is piling up in backpacks across the county. ...more

September 17, 2007

The school year is only a few weeks old, but the homework already is piling up in backpacks across the county. ...more

September 16, 2007