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Just over a year ago the Pinellas County school system hired a new superintendent. Now it’s Hillsborough County’s turn, just three years after Addison Davis replaced Jeff Eakins. It’s not unusual these days for the top job in a large school district to turn over frequently. But finding a new leader has substantial implications for children, school employees and the community. Here are six ...
The Hillsborough school system faces major challenges in the coming year.
The surprise resignation Thursday of Superintendent Addison Davis adds to the turmoil facing the Hillsborough County School District. Davis’ three years were a mixed bag, but he saw the nation’s seventh-largest school system through the pandemic, and succeeded in making Hillsborough finally address its profligate spending and the costly waste of operating half-empty schools. The school board ...
A committee is advising the district on long-term plans.
Mekhi Cummings will enter first grade at a new school in August now that Just Elementary is closed for the foreseeable future. He doesn’t know how he will like riding the bus. His new teachers will find “that I’m good at writing and stuff,” the 6-year-old said. The goal, for district leaders, is to provide Mekhi and his schoolmates with a better education than they had at Just, an ...