LAND O' LAKES - New doors will open next year for students as Certified Career Academies makes its debut in all of Pasco County's high schools. ...more

February 27, 2009

New doors will open next year for students as Certified Career Academies makes its debut in all of Pasco County's high schools. ...more

February 20, 2009

New doors will open next year for area students as Certified Career Academies make their debut in all of Pasco County's high schools. The academies team schools and the business community together to give students the tools and skills necessary to graduate and launch careers. ...more

February 18, 2009

Pasco County School Board member Kathryn Starkey has announced her candidacy for the Florida House of Representatives seat that will be vacated in 2010 when term limits keep state Rep. Tom Anderson from running again. ...more

February 5, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Superintendent Heather Fiorentino says the Pasco County School District is headed in the right direction and wants voters to give her another four years to build on her successes. ...more

October 26, 2008

The race for Pasco Superintendent of Schools features two well-qualified candidates in Republican incumbent Heather Fiorentino and her Democratic challenger Stephen Donaldson. ...more

October 25, 2008

Thank you to Marc Valero for his article on the Career Academy. I want to add a comment that should go hand in hand with the quote from Mr. Lemler, "The academy is trying to prepare students, who don't plan to attend a four-year college." The national trend in career academies is to be an alternative route to a four-year college. ...more

October 13, 2008

Pasco County voters have a difficult decision to make Aug. 26 when they go to the polls to elect a school board member to replace Marge Whaley, who is retiring after 16 years of exemplary service. ...more

August 2, 2008

The Pasco County School District will hold a town-hall meeting Monday to seek input on the district's plan for making sure schools teach students the skills employers want. ...more

June 1, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY - Educators know the notion that reading, writing and arithmetic are all students need to succeed is as obsolete as a one-room schoolhouse. Skills are needed along with knowledge. The question is, however, which skills will give today's students the best edge in tomorrow's job market? Pasco District School officials hope get a bit of an education in that area. The district will hold a Workforce Strategic Planning Town Hall Meeting on Monday. ...more

May 31, 2008