BARTOW - Margie Conner is out of the shack and back on the bus. But she's still not driving. ...more

November 21, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - Teachers would receive pay raises averaging 4.05 percent under a tentative contract agreement reached between the Pasco County School District and the union representing school employees. ...more

November 21, 2007

A hearing officer has recommended rejecting a lawsuit filed by a Pasco teachers union over staffing at emergency shelters at area schools. ...more

November 20, 2007

Brooksville resident Nina Mock vividly remembers the night she and others pulled an all-nighter at the Hernando County School District. ...more

November 20, 2007

SEBRING — After continuing to work under last year's contract since the start of the school year, the school district's support personnel will likely get their annual salary increase along with a retroactive raise before the holidays. The Highlands County Educational Support Personnel Association and the School Board of Highlands County reached a tentative contract agreement late Monday afternoon. The tentative agreement calls for an average salary increase of 4 percent and a total salary and benefit package increase of 5.86 percent. ...more

November 14, 2007

The Highlands County Educational Support Personnel Association and the School Board of Highlands County reached a tentative contract agreement on Monday. ...more

November 13, 2007

One afternoon in early September, an architect boarded his commuter train and became a cell phone vigilante. He sat down next to a 20-something woman who he said was "blabbing away" into her phone. ...more

November 4, 2007

SEBRING — Due to a shortage of drivers, school bus operators are having to double up on routes causing late arrivals at schools. To try to curb the shortage of bus drivers, the School Board of Highlands County will again consider suspending the high school diploma requirement. Currently about seven to eight driver positions are unfilled, Transportation Director David Solomon said Friday. The district has 109 driver positions, which includes a number of backup/substitute drivers, who fill in during sick leave and vacations. ...more

October 20, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - Teachers in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties know or have an idea of what kind of raises they're getting, but this year's salary schedule remains a mystery for teachers and other school workers in Pasco. ...more

October 18, 2007

An e-mail by district officials to school board members Friday laid out a series of possible solutions to the chronic problem of tardy buses delivering students late to south Hillsborough County schools. ...more

October 6, 2007