With nearly one in three high school students nationwide dropping out before graduating, the Florida Department of Education will be holding a two-day summit this month to develop plans to reduce the nation's high school dropout rate and better prepare students for college, work and life. ...more

January 5, 2009

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

State budget cuts put an end to summer FCAT retakes, reducing the opportunities for struggling high school students to pass the state assessment test. ...more

November 28, 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

If she had the chance to pose one question to Barack Obama, Lake Placid High junior Elizabeth Barragan would ask about his plans for turning the economy around. ...more

November 19, 2008

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

November 19, 2008

An Avon Park High School social studies teacher is under suspension without pay for a matter that is being reviewed by the Florida Department of Education. ...more

November 2, 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

Bullies beware - Florida school district's, including the School Board of Highlands County, are revising their bullying and harassment policies. ...more

October 23, 2008