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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.
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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.