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The Hillsborough County School district gathered on Thursday to unveil plans for two new schools at the site of Stewart Middle Magnet and Just Elementary.

The Hillsborough County Schools Superintendent is proposing a property tax increase to go on the November ballot that would support teacher and staff pay as well as student programs.

Hillsborough County Public Schools announced Thursday plans to build a new Just Elementary School and Stewart Middle School on their current sports fields.

A new K-8 school could be coming to West Tampa to replace Just Elementary School, which was closed in 2023 in a controversial vote that left students in limbo.

As the Hillsborough County school district continues to grapple with staffing shortages, the superintendent hopes to find a solution in the form of a new property tax.

They have the votes. That was the big takeaway from a recent Hillsborough County Commission workshop over whether to put an extension of the Community Investment Tax to a November referendum. But what that ballot question would include is entirely unclear. Much of the discussion centered on eliminating the diverse priorities that made the tax palatable to a majority of voters when it first ...

The school board also gets updates on reading scores, improved finances and the impact of vouchers.

A roundup of Florida education news from around the state

Reports of fighting, tardiness, vaping and other common school infractions have dropped considerably from this time last year, Hillsborough County school district leaders told the school board at a work session Tuesday. Overall, disciplinary referrals dropped from 66,313 to 58,963 when two mid-year reports were compared. The number of times students were caught skipping class dropped by more ...

School district leaders say calmer schools are a first step toward higher achievement.