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and last updated 2021-05-11 17:27:24-04 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — On Monday, Hillsborough County School District leaders announced a promising light at the end of the tunnel of ongoing financial issues. Superintendent Addison Davis said the state is releasing $101M of CARES ACT 2 funding (ESSER funds) to the district, allowing them to maintain a balance of 3 percent and avoid a state takeover of the district's finances. The Hillsborough County School District is the third-largest school system in the state and the eighth largest in the country. Yet, sweeping financial issues now have ...

Hillsborough School Board chair calls unusual special meeting Friday Lynn Gray will say only that she wants to share information with the rest of the board.     The Hillsborough School Board, seen here during its April 13 meeting, will meet again Friday for a special session requested by chairwoman Lynn Gray. [ DIRK SHADD | Times ] Updated Just now TAMPA – The Hillsborough County School Board will hold an emergency board meeting Friday at 10:30 a.m. at its downtown Tampa auditorium. Chairwoman Lynn Gray’s decision to call the meeting follows days of discussion and speculatio...

Strong words after Hillsborough School Board members air complaints at a breakaway meeting Deputy Superintendent Michael Kemp tried to set the record straight. One member found his email to the board “sexist in nature.”     Shown with son Zachariah Kapadia and husband Nilesh Kapadia when she was sworn in on the Hillsborough County School Board in November, Jessica Vaughn is now pushing back against a defensive email from deputy superintendent Michael Kemp. [ SCOTT KEELER | Times ] Updated Mar. 2 Days before a retreat that is intended to improve relations between the Hillsbo...

Lutz church paying off nearly $40k of student lunch debt in Hillsborough, Pasco counties Hillsborough County Schools and last updated 2021-02-16 09:47:10-05 Idlewild Baptist Church in Lutz is paying off student lunch debt for all juniors and seniors in Hillsborough County Public Schools, and all students K-12 in Pasco County Public Schools. Idlewild is donating $21,367.33 to students in Hillsborough, and $17,000 to eliminate all lunch debt for students in Pasco, the school districts said. Idlewild’s Sr. Pastor, Ken Whitten, says their church community wanted to let families in the area ...

Hillsborough County schools could be out of money by end of June, superintendent says Aaron Mesmer reports TAMPA, Fla. - The Hillsborough County school district could be out of general fund money by the end of June, Superintendent Addison Davis told board members during an eye-opening budget workshop Tuesday. Davis revealed the financial trouble facing the school district has been building over several years. "Systemically, when you have challenges and you expend more than you generate, eventually it catches up to you and this is kind of the situation that we're in," Davis told reporters foll...