Latest reporting from the Education desk.
Suncoast Community Health Centers' Smile for Every Mile program uses two mobile dental coaches and a portable unit to visit 38 Title I schools, according to an Oct. 30 report by 83 Degrees Media. The Florida Department of Health confirms the partnership and says fees may apply on a sliding scale.
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Hillsborough County Public Schools has limited free full-day VPK openings at select schools, with no wraparound fees thanks to the voter-approved millage referendum.
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Eeshan Kallu, a former third grader at Dorothy C. York Innovation Academy in Apollo Beach, won a Hillsborough County competition to design a mission patch for the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program. His artwork launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Oct. 13 and is set to dock at the International Space Station on Oct. 15.
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The Hillsborough County School Board approved a 55-year lease to build 100 to 150 affordable housing units for district employees on unused land at the former McLane Middle School in Brandon, with one board member voting no.
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Hillsborough County Public Schools says families must create a FOCUS Parent Portal account before the magnet and school choice application window opens Wednesday, Oct. 21, with a Dec. 7 deadline.
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Hillsborough County Public Schools will hold a free Partnership in Education Town Hall at Lennard High School in Ruskin on Monday, Oct. 19, covering the roles of the district, parents, students and adult education.
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Hillsborough County Public Schools' 2025-2026 Impact Report shows a record 92.8% graduation rate and the district's first A grade in more than ten years, with Lennard High and Apollo Beach K-8 posting some of the biggest gains in the district.
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Shaw Elementary School partnered with Suncoast Credit Union to open the first student-run credit union branch in Hillsborough County, giving students hands-on banking experience every Tuesday.
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Thirty-two Hillsborough County schools are registered for National Walk & Bike to School Day on Oct. 7, with an estimated 5,000 students expected to walk or bike to class.
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Hillsborough County residents pressed for spending transparency at the first town hall on the half-penny sales tax renewal, held Sept. 22 at Newsome High School, while the district still has not released project-level data for Lennard High or East Bay High.
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The Suncoast Credit Union Foundation announced a $327,000 gift to the Hillsborough Education Foundation on Sept. 21, funding free classroom supplies, early literacy coaching at 31 Title I schools, and student mentoring programs that serve schools across the county, including Lennard and East Bay high schools.
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Hillsborough County Public Schools is covering the cost of one curriculum-aligned field trip for every PreK through eighth grade student this school year, funded by the voter-approved millage referendum.
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Hillsborough College is raising $5 million through its Harvesting the Future Campaign to build the Pop and Glenn Dickman Family Workforce Education Building at its SouthShore Campus in Ruskin, with an Oct. 23 gala and a dollar-for-dollar donation match up to $500,000.
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