Leaders for Brooks-DeBartolo Collegiate High will have to decide whether they can afford to provide free meals and turn away students in these tough economic times. ...more

June 25, 2008

It used to be that a 4.0 grade-point average was considered a perfect "A," but the numbers posted by some recent Hillsborough high school graduates have been positively stratospheric - including the county's top GPA of 8.68 earned by a student at King High School who was this year's numbers leader. ...more

June 14, 2008

Alicia Schuering's soccer coach and her teachers have nothing but praise for the Hudson High sophomore. ...more

June 8, 2008

I have been to dozens of graduation ceremonies in my line of work, but I have never been to one like California State University at Fullerton, 5,000 graduates in two programs: an "exercise" and a commencement. It took about an hour for the whole group, grads and faculty, to parade into place. ...more

May 31, 2008

I have been to dozens of graduation ceremonies in my line of work, but I have never been to one like California State University at Fullerton, 5,000 graduates in two programs: an "exercise" and a commencement. It took about an hour for the whole group, grads and faculty, to parade into place. We left Aliso Viedo at 6:30 a.m. to arrive at California State University by 7:30 a.m. to find a seat for the 8 a.m. program. About 3,000 were already there. The "exercise" started after 9 a.m. and was over about 10:30 a.m. for a half hour break. By the time the commencement started, it was 90 degrees and HOT! About half way through, the first groups receiving their certificates were excused. Our grad, sitting in the first row, discovered about 11:30 a.m. that her group behind her was gone. There was general commotion from then on. We finally escaped the parking lot about 1 p.m. ...more

May 30, 2008

After Ato Boldon called him the greatest collegiate sprinter in history, after all those phone calls offering to make him rich, after winning seven NCAA titles and helping Florida State win back-to-back national outdoor championships, Walter Dix was supposed to have left FSU in the dust by now. ...more

May 30, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Historically, first-year high schools rarely have successful seasons, and Sunlake's basketball team was no exception. With the added disadvantage of having no seniors, Sunlake's varsity squad finished the season with a 3-24 record. One bright spot was the emergence of junior guard Eli Escobar as the team leader. ...more

May 25, 2008

When East Bay High School's commencement takes place May 28, Kristen Zemina will address her classmates and encourage them to make their marks in the world. ...more

May 21, 2008

Support Staff Mandatory In response to former state Rep. Sandra Murman's article "Making The Best Of Bad Times" (Other Views, April 26), I find her argument regarding the allocation of school resources flawed. She claims that "not every dollar spent on education has the same impact on student achievement." She further states that money spent on transportation, student nutrition or maintenance, for example, does not have the same impact on student's learning as buying a science book would have. ...more

May 5, 2008

Plant receiver Derek Winter added another accolade to his list when he was honored as the Scholar-Athlete at Wednesday night's National Football Foundation Athletes Banquet. ...more

April 24, 2008