On a recent sunny afternoon, a dozen youngsters played in a circle with a rainbow-colored parachute in the playground outside Witter Elementary school in Tampa. A few yards away stood a new 200-foot cell phone tower. ...more

February 17, 2009

Across Hillsborough County, school principals are lining up to put cell phone towers on their campuses to produce badly needed cash for teacher salaries and classroom supplies, even shoes for children who lack them. By summer, 14 new towers could be up at local schools. Some school officials are ready to jump at the new revenue, but they might be jumping into a hornet's nest. ...more

February 17, 2009

Question: What's 100 feet tall, looks like a huge flagpole, keeps people connected, produces income and generates controversy? ...more

February 4, 2009

Students come from all over the county - from Westchase to Riverview - to Robinson High School's International Baccalaureate program. ...more

September 17, 2008

A middle school scheduled to open in August could trigger boundary changes at several other schools and influence where some of those children attend high school. ...more

September 19, 2007

A middle school scheduled to open in August could trigger boundary changes at several other schools and influence where some of those children attend high school. ...more

September 19, 2007