Tirso "Junior" Cintron The first truck pulled up to Wharton High in 1997, and head custodian Tirso “Junior” Cintron was waiting. He pulled the first chair off the truck. The first desk. “The first everything,” says Carmen Aguero, one of the first teachers at the school. Junior set the desks and chairs up in the classrooms and offices. He made sure the … [Read more...]
Hey Everyone, Welcome Back To School…Feeling Cooler?
Workers were putting the finishing touches on the improved A/C system at local high schools right up to today's first day. You may or may not have felt a pinch so far this year, with the new ½-cent sales tax increase to support Hillsborough County’s public schools, but the Hillsborough County School District certainly has felt the benefit. As of July 22, the district … [Read more...]
Benito & Liberty Middle Schools Will Have Crossing Guards For 2019-20
Parents at Benito Middle School gathered last school year to remind drivers to slow down in the mornings when driving by the school, but will have crossing guards to do so this year. Parents have long complained that despite traffic lights and clearly marked walkways, children attending Benito Middle School faced very real dangers having to cross busy Cross Creek Blvd. … [Read more...]
New Tampa School Grades
*Every New Tampa school had the same grade for 2018-19 as it did the previous school year, with the exception of Hunter’s Green Elementary, which improved to a “B” grade after four straight years of “C” grades. *New Tampa had six schools earn “A” grades, two that earned B grades and three earned C grades. *Chiles Elementary was the only New Tampa school to score higher … [Read more...]
Book It! Elaine Feaster To Receive Student Of The Year Award
Incoming Freedom High freshman Elaine Feaster has been named the winner of the Florida PTA Student Advocate award for her leadership, creativity & dedication after also winning Hillsborough County’s “Middle School Student of the Year.” It started out as a little box, meant to hold 175 books, to be distributed to those who needed them In just two years, however, … [Read more...]
