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

LAND O' LAKES - United School Employees of Pasco is throwing its political weight behind Steven Donaldson, the Democratic candidate for schools superintendent who hopes to unseat Heather Fiorentino. ...more

May 31, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Pasco County third-graders showed improvement in FCAT scores for reading and math, but their math scores still lag behind the state average. ...more

May 22, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - After exploring the minutiae of an anticipated $16 million shortfall in the Pasco County School District's 2008-09 budget for more than two hours Tuesday, school board vice chairman Frank Parker said he felt pessimistic. ...more

May 21, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Superintendent Heather Fiorentino hopes to deal with an anticipated $16 million shortfall in the school district's 2008-09 budget with hiring freezes and other cost-saving efforts. ...more

May 19, 2008

If Pasco County schools Superintendent Heather Fiorentino can persuade the school board to avoid a single layoff, maintain current salaries and not touch any classroom programs to combat an anticipated $16 million budget shortfall, she should be administrator of the year. ...more

May 11, 2008

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. ...more

May 9, 2008

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. ...more

May 8, 2008

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

May 7, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - The Pasco County School Board, which usually waits until summer before delving into number crunching, is already starting to talk about its 2008-09 budget and pondering plans to buy new buses and land for a high school as well as move ahead on construction projects. ...more

February 14, 2008