TEXAS WANTS YOU: Florida's budget woes are pinching the teaching profession, with bonuses cut, salaries frozen, jobs eliminated. At least one Texas school system, the Fort Worth Independent School District, hopes to take advantage of the situation by recruiting here. (Florida Times-Union photo)
START AT THE TOP: Pasco School Board members say the district administration, with one of the lowest costs per student in Florida, might need to get a little leaner as they look for ways to cut the budget. To view the list of Pasco administrator pay, click here. To see a list of district per-student administration funding, click here.
LAST GRADUATION: This year's preschoolers in East Bay High's early childhood learning class celebrated the program's final commencement, as the course gets cut in Hillsborough's budget reductions.
SOMETHING IS MISSING: It's about 30 percent of Florida's graduating senior class. The state has one of the lowest graduation rates in the nation, and is still trying to figure out what to do about it, the Orlando Sentinel reports. See sidebar here.
TAPPING INTO FACEBOOK: At least two Florida universities are looking into officially using the social networking site for marketing and communication purposes, the Sun-Sentinel reports.
THE RISING COST OF LUNCH: Brevard schools consider increasing meal prices for the first time in nearly two decades, Florida Today reports.
Get inside the world of Florida education with St. Petersburg Times staff writer Jeffrey S. Solochek and the rest of the Times education reporting team. We'll bring you up-to-date information about the latest education trends, fads and news and dig deep into Tampa Bay area school issues.
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