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- Time for a patriotic song.
- Crist Engaged To Rome
- Supremes: Crist Erred On Gambling Pact
- Polk Schools Dealing With High Diesel Costs
- Take trolley, streetcar to fireworks
- Isn’t it Fun to Fly?
- Hail, Gusty Winds, Possible Tornado Results From Afternoon Storms
- Portable High Definition Televisions
- Andy Martin—Remember Him?—Gets His Moment In The Sun
- There’s One Behind Every Tree …
- Tornado Warning Up For Sebring Area
- More Storms Heading Toward North Hillsborough, Southeast Pasco
- Storms Forming Near I-75
- Another Afternoon Of Active Thunderstorms
- Road work causing delays near Clearwater roundabout
Life As A Freshman
First period at Brooks-DeBartolo charter high was delayed thanks to a classic freshman faux pas. It seems a group of ninth-graders forgot to bring their schedules so staff was scrambling to print new ones so they wouldn’t get lost.
But the small school environment at Brooks-DeBartolo doesn’t eliminate those first-day-of-high school jitters for ninth-grader Courtney Rogers. Although the charter high is opening with just 200 students, much smaller than the 2,000 students found at a traditional high, Rogers said she still has butterflies. “It’s still scary starting at a new place,” she said.
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