New PHCC Porter Campus Provost Named; Campus To Open In Jan.

By Bonnie Mason

Local residents soon will have a college to call their own. Pasco-Hernando Community College (PHCC) is nearing completion of its fifth full-service campus — the PHCC Porter Campus at Wiregrass Ranch, located on Mansfield Blvd. at S.R. 56, adjacent to Wiregrass Ranch High, about a mile north of the Pasco County line. Although heavy rains saturated the site and led to delays in construction, the work that began in late 2011 is now moving forward smoothly and the multi-story urban-design campus is on schedule to open for classes by Jan. 2014.Continue reading

School Board Shoots Down Security Plan

Just a month after the elementary school shooting in Connecticut that resulted in the deaths of 20 children, the Hillsborough County School Board has rejected a security proposal that would have placed armed guards at all District elementary schools, including the seven in the New Tampa area.Continue reading