It will be a school of futuristic "firsts." Last week, officials got a sneak peak at Explorer K-8, the new 2,100-student school set to open this August off Northcliffe Boulevard in Spring Hill. ...more

February 25, 2008

With the Hernando County School Board's recent decision to place the district's future centralized gifted education center at Explorer K-8 - the new, 2,100-student school set to open this August off Northcliffe Boulevard - local officials are banking on the county becoming home to a premier educational program for students with higher-than-average IQs. ...more

February 12, 2008

With the Hernando County School Board's recent decision to place the district's future centralized gifted education center at Explorer K-8 — the new, 2,100-student school set to open this August off Northcliffe Boulevard — local officials are banking on the county becoming home to a premier educational program for students with higher-than-average IQs. ...more

February 11, 2008

Transitions aren't necessarily easy. With the Hernando County School Board's decision Tuesday to place the district's future centralized gifted education center at Explorer K-8 — the new, 2,100-student school set to open this August off Northcliffe Boulevard — the questions from parents have been pouring in. ...more

February 9, 2008

Transitions aren't necessarily easy. With the Hernando County School Board's decision Tuesday to place the district's future centralized gifted education center at Explorer K-8 - the new, 2,100-student school set to open this August off Northcliffe Boulevard - the questions from parents have been pouring in. ...more

February 9, 2008

Gifted education is set to change considerably for students in Hernando County. With the Hernando County School Board's decision Tuesday to place the district's future gifted education center at Spring Hill's Explorer K-8, the new, 2,100-student school set to open this August off Northcliffe Boulevard, there is much to be learned about the gifted program itself. ...more

February 7, 2008

No one saw it coming. But following hours of heated deliberation at an afternoon workshop Tuesday, Hernando County School Board members switched gears and voted 3-2 against placing the district's future gifted education center at Spring Hill's Challenger K-8 School of Mathematics and Science - and 4-1 for placing it at Explorer K-8, the new 2,100-student school set to open in August off Northcliffe Boulevard. ...more

February 5, 2008

Health related events and happenings in the Hernando County area. ...more

February 1, 2008

Safety first. That's the word from the Hernando County School Board, which quickly shot down the chance to cut transportation costs by creating a one-mile limit around schools during a workshop Monday afternoon. ...more

January 29, 2008

The Hernando County School Board has some big decisions to make about transportation for children who live within two miles of school. ...more

January 26, 2008