Ashley Brooks is a veteran when it comes to working with her disabled peers, but the Central High School senior found a challenge in Brittany Guarino. ...more

March 13, 2009

No one involved with the court case against Diana O'Neill disagrees that the teacher hit her severely developmentally disabled students in the head with water bottles, boards and binders. ...more

February 13, 2009

The third annual EveryBuddies Beautiful Fashion Show and pageant brought applause and cheers from students, parents and teachers alike. ...more

February 11, 2009

Nine exceptional student education students from Avon Park Middle School walked or wheeled Friday to The Depot Restaurant for their first "community experience" of the school year. ...more

November 18, 2008

Health and Science and the Arts are the most popular career areas Avon Park High School freshmen chose last year under the state's new "major areas of interest" academic planning program. ...more

October 5, 2008

By the skin of its teeth, the Hillsborough School District escaped a major transportation meltdown Monday, the first day of school. ...more

August 20, 2008

School officials learned of concerns that Venice Elementary School teacher Diana O'Neill was too rough with her special education teachers as early as 2005, three years before she was arrested on child abuse charges. ...more

August 11, 2008

Who knew art could help improve math and science test scores for local students? ...more

August 8, 2008

When the Florida Department of Education recently announced the school grades, I felt a deep sense of pride for the students, faculty and staff at F.W. Springstead High School. In 2004-05, SHS was the first high school in the district to receive the B rating. In 2006-07, we earned a C, then received a D due to a penalty clause that the state of Florida has in place when one segment of the testing score does not meet its prescribed percentage. ...more

July 26, 2008

Premium cable channel HBO has a reputation for its bold programming that features a lot of profanity, nudity and violence. It's the main reason a lot of families with children don't subscribe to it. ...more

July 13, 2008