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Hillsborough County School District
Next school year Hillsborough public schools are offering free meals
Hillsborough Public Schools are offering students free meals for the upcoming school year because of the Community Eligibility Provision.
Hillsborough education support professionals to receive pay increases
School nurses, classroom aides, and other educational support professionals in Hillsborough County will likely receive raises.
Big changes coming to school attendance boundaries?
Hillsborough County schools' attendance boundaries are likely to change. Some schools may be repurposed and students reassigned to different schools and the public isn't happy with the proposed changes.
Criticized school lunch line policy put on hold
A Tampa middle school’s lunchroom incentive policy is on hold for now after a campaign led by students accused it of being discriminatory. Woodrow Wilson Middle School’s popular incentive card program inspired outrage when it...
Florida This Week looks at Pope Francis’s US visit, Hillsborough School District budget shortfall
By Rob Lorei Today on Radioactivity, we listen to the latest edition of Florida This Week, a public affairs talk show moderated by Rob Lorei and broadcast on PBS station WEDU on Friday nights. This episode’s...
La Gaceta Publisher Patrick Mantaiga tackles five issues affecting Hillsborough and Tampa
Today on Radioactivity, Host Rob Lorei talks with Patrick Mantaiga, publisher of trilingual newspaper La Gaceta. In a column published last week, Mantaiga addressed five contentious issues affecting Hillsborough County and Tampa: the formula for...
Hillsborough teacher’s union continues contract negotiations with school board
Recently teacher’s have been under fire for their allegedly generous salaries, benefits, and tenure. But since Senate Bill 736 cut teacher pay and tenure this spring, teachers are looking for ways to protect their positions....
