SEBRING — Were the Fourth Amendment rights of Hill-Gustat Middle School students violated during a Feb. 8 lockdown when 14 officers searched the school for drugs and weapons? Highlands County Sheriff's Office deputies conducted the search with help from officers from Sebring and Avon Park police departments. ...more

May 18, 2008

The Pundit of Parker Street has noticed the employment policies of the Pasco County school district, and he is not amused. Thursday, he seized on the storied dismissal of Jim Piculas, a substitute teacher with a talent for minor prestidigitation, and pinned it to the cover of the Metro section as a prime example of how civilization is replaced by foamy-mouthed superstition at the northern edge of County Line Road. ...more

May 18, 2008

In the waning days of the legislative session, lawmakers passed a pilot project allowing private-school students to play sports on public-school teams. ...more

May 12, 2008

TAMPA Eighth-graders in Hillsborough County outscored their peers in other counties on the state's annual writing test. ...more

May 8, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - The telephone call that spelled the end of Jim Piculas' career as a substitute teacher in Pasco County came on a January day about a week after he performed the disappearing-toothpick trick for a group of rapt middle school students. ...more

May 6, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - The telephone call that spelled the end of Jim Piculas' career as a substitute teacher in Pasco came on a January day about a week after he performed the disappearing-toothpick trick for a group of rapt middle school students. ...more

May 5, 2008

SEBRING — About 250 area eighth graders heard some cold, hard facts about teen pregnancy prevention. With an emphasis on statistics and first-person accounts, seminar leaders painted an unappealing picture of a teen parent. ...more

May 2, 2008

More than 100 children compete for scholarships and recognition in the annual Spotlight on Talent competition. ...more

February 10, 2008

Terrace Community Middle School students broke apart a colorful giant ribbon to reveal their personal puzzle pieces that made up the large memorial. ...more

February 9, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - The Pasco County School Board gave initial approval Tuesday of attendance boundaries for Crews Lake Middle and Veterans Elementary, two schools scheduled to open in August. ...more

February 6, 2008