TBO Education

District Honors Lowry Teacher

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

Marlene Sacarello sat with her daughter at a Rays game last weekend and fantasized with her about what she would do if she won $10,000.

Hillsborough Teacher Who 'Delivers Miracles Every Day' Wins $10,000

Mon, 12 May 2008 13:03:00 EDT

TAMPA - A Lowry Elementary School teacher thought she was taking her class to an assembly on fitness and music. She left $10,000 richer.

River Ridge JROTC Program Named Distinguished Unit

Sun, 11 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

They have met Florida's attorney general and performed the color guard ceremony at Tampa Bay Rays games.

Delving Into The Unknown

Sun, 11 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

Beneath the limbs of towering trees and sandy footprints of the forest floor, a dark world awaited the students.

Preschool Coming To Renaissance

Sat, 10 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

Renaissance Academy, a private school for the arts, plans to add a preschool program in August.

State Releases Audio Of Teacher-Student Conversation In Sex Case

Fri, 09 May 2008 13:25:00 EDT

TAMPA - She says she doesn't want to end up wearing an orange jumpsuit; she says she knows that the relationship is illegal; she tries to define the legal term "statute of limitations."

Memorial Oak Planted For Mort Elementary Student Hit By Car

Fri, 09 May 2008 11:47:00 EDT

TAMPA - First-grader Tatum Johnson loved to frolic with friends on the school playground. The 7-year-old enjoyed playing with classmates and came home every day with tales of her school adventures. Though Tatum can no longer run with her friends though the Mort Elementary fields, her memory has become a permanent part of the school campus.

FCAT Writing Scores Near State Averages

Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

LAND O' LAKES - Students and teachers at Cox Elementary in Dade City tried new strategies to improve test scores this year as the school faces possible sanctions under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

Undergraduate Tuition To Rise At Least 6% In Fall

Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

Florida's undergraduate students will pay at least 6 percent more in tuition next fall, even though the state's university leaders would have them pay more.

Hillsborough 8th-Graders Lead State In FCAT Writing Scores

Thu, 08 May 2008 12:33:00 EDT

Florida started its annual rollout of public school test scores and school grades today by releasing the writing scores on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. The test is taken in grades four, eight and 10. Here's one take on the scores statewide from the people who administer it, the Florida Department of Education: "… a greater percentage of Florida students are writing at or above grade level."

University Board Trims Tuition Increase To 6% From 8%

Thu, 08 May 2008 11:32:00 EDT

Wary of jeopardizing funding, the state's university oversight board today backed off its initial plan to raise tuition by 8 percent and adopted a smaller increase approved recently by the Legislature.

NCAA Places Florida International On 4-Years' Probation

Thu, 08 May 2008 00:01:00 EDT

MIAMI - Florida International was placed on four years' probation by the NCAA on Wednesday and will lose scholarships for a variety of infractions.

Schools Need To Trim $16 Million

Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

LAND O' LAKES - The Pasco County School District needs to trim spending by nearly $16 million to cover an anticipated shortfall in the 2008-09 budget, Superintendent Heather Fiorentino said Wednesday.

Message Of Tolerance Resonates With Students

Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

Abe Gold was prisoner No. 49119. At 82, he isn't likely to forget the number that was stitched into his shirt and punched on his dog tag. Nor is he likely to forget the excruciating hunger and terrifying desperation that came with being held in one of World War II's infamous Nazi death camps.

School Employee In Mouth Tape Case Leaves

Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

A Seven Oaks Elementary paraprofessional who was investigated after a parent complained she taped students' mouths shut has resigned, a Pasco County School District official said Wednesday.

Byrd Alzheimer's Center Searches For Money And Scientists

Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

Leaders at the Byrd Alzheimer's center, freshly battered from a volatile spring in Tallahassee, didn't wind up with a dollar in state money, and they're planning for the next few years as if they'll receive nothing more.

Hillsborough Schools Crafting Tougher Cell Phone Rules

Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

Hillsborough County School District officials are shaping new cell phone rules likely to ignite some fiery text messages among students.

Argument Leads To Brawls At Private Venice School; 3 Students Charged

Wed, 07 May 2008 17:53:00 EDT

VENICE - Three teenagers were charged with various crimes Tuesday after brawls broke out at a private Venice school for troubled students, according to Venice police. The incident began at 2:36 p.m. at the Gulf Coast Marine Institute on Venice Island when two girls at the school got into an argument. An administrator physically restrained one girl and another student attacked the administrator.

Student Says He Accidentally Brought Handgun To Middle School, Deputies Say

Wed, 07 May 2008 17:38:00 EDT

SEMINOLE -- A 15-year-old student at Osceola Middle School was arrested today, accused by deputies of bringing a handgun to school. Alexander B. Glass, of 1625 Whitewood Drive, Clearwater, was charged with two counts of possession of a firearm on school grounds, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said.

Scholar Sues To Recognize 'Presidents' Before Washington

Wed, 07 May 2008 14:24:00 EDT

TAMPA – Any schoolchild knows that George Washington was the first president of the United States. That's a problem for Palm Harbor resident Stanley L. Klos, 54, a scholar of rare historical documents who is on a quest for recognition of the 10 men he says were president before Washington took the oath of office in 1789.