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LAND O’ LAKES, Fla. – Due to changes in the rules governing the federal school lunch program, Pasco Schools is making it easier than ever for students – and children 18 and under – to receive free meals. Starting on Monday, September 14, students who…
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LAKELAND FL. – The Reopen Lakeland Task Force and the Lakeland Chamber of Commerce have partnered with Love Lakeland, a 501(c)3 organization, is seeking community support through an initiative to support forty-one Lakeland-area public schools. The initiative, Adopt A School¸ calls for financial support from…
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September 2, 2020 by: Staff Report, News Release POLK COUNTY, Fla. – Effective Sept. 1, Polk County Public Schools began utilizing the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention’s safety practices for critical infrastructure employees. Under these guidelines, school district employees who are exposed at their…
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September 1, 2020 By: Staff Report PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – Students that chose to return to the traditional classroom or e-learning instruction, are a week in now, and Pasco School Superintendent Kurt Browning said ‘it was as smooth of a reopening of schools that he…
Read More Smooth First Week at Pasco Schools Reopening
August 31, 2020 By: Staff Report PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – As many high school students are scrambling because of the cancellation of SAT and ACT college admissions testing, Saint Leo University leaders are reassuring them that they still will be able to achieve their dream…
Read More Saint Leo University Continues to Remain Test-Score Optional
August 28, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA, Fla. – Superintendent Addison Davis and School Board Chair Melissa Snively called an Emergency School Board Meeting for 8 a.m. Friday, to address the order vacating automatic stay entered by Judge Dodson. After public comment and comment from the…
Read More Hillsborough County School Board to Stay The Course, Brick and Mortar Schools on Monday
August 28, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA, Fla.- Superintendent Addison Davis and School Board Chair Melissa Snively called an Emergency School Board Meeting for 8 a.m. Friday, to address the order vacating automatic stay entered by Judge Dodson. You can Watch The Meeting Live Now…
Read More Will Hillsborough County Schools Reopen Monday? Emergency Meeting Called For 8 AM, LIVE NOW
August 26, 2020 By: Staff Report, PR RIVERVIEW, Fla. – Sumner High School, our district’s brand new high school, has been awarded the distinction of becoming an official Cambridge AICE school, one of the first-ever in Hillsborough County Public Schools. This innovative curriculum will be…
Read More Sumner High School In Riverview Receives Prestigious Cambridge AICE
FLEMING ISLAND, Fla. – To earn the distinction of becoming an Eagle Scout through the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), a teen typically dedicates around 100 hours to a service project that benefits the community. From 1912 until this year, the honor was only open…
Read More Fleming Island Teen Courtney Laird, Sets Sights on Honor of Eagle Scout
August 25, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA, Fla. – Hillsborough School Superintendent, Addison Davis, confirmed Tuesday, that the plan to reopen school remains in place. Students in Hillsborough County will continue e-learning for the first week with brick and mortar opening next week, August 31st.…
Read More Hillsborough County Schools Reopening Plan Remains In Place