An Avon Park High School teacher was suspended one week in May for asking two students to test the school district's Internet security. ...more

December 4, 2008

A small group of students offered free hugs at Middleton High School today to promote kindness and caring. The effort is part of an international tolerance movement, says the Middleton student who started the local effort, Molly McConnell. Today was chosen, she said, because it is the deadline for all school districts to have an anti-bullying policy to comply with a new state law. ...more

December 1, 2008

The Pasco County School Board will talk about additional spending cuts this afternoon. ...more

December 1, 2008

The school district will face a "big" funding cut in 2009-10, Superintendent Wally Cox said, unless something changes drastically. ...more

November 23, 2008

While the statewide graduation rate improved significantly in 2007-08 compared to the previous year, Highlands County's public school graduation rate dropped. ...more

November 20, 2008

New figures from the state Department of Education indicate more students are graduating from high school and fewer are dropping out. ...more

November 19, 2008

Hernando County families can start thinking about last-minute changes to holiday plans. ...more

November 19, 2008

Truancy is more than a student and school problem, retired educator Gabriel Read believes, it's a community problem that will take a united effort of counties and individuals to toughen the state's truancy law. ...more

October 24, 2008

From child protection to prisons, no state service is immune from potentially draconian funding cuts next year, as the state struggles to fill a budget hole as large as $3.5 billion. ...more

October 19, 2008

Excessive absences from school last year led to 40 Highlands County students losing their driving privileges. ...more

October 7, 2008