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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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The Hillsborough Education Foundation's free teacher supply center has distributed $75,000 in materials since mid-July as demand climbs ahead of the Aug. 10 school start, driven by inflation and Florida's last-place ranking in teacher pay among the 50 states.
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East Bay High School held its Freshman Academic Summer Transition Camp on Wednesday, July 22, and Thursday, July 23, giving incoming ninth-graders a head start on navigating high school life before the August 10 first day of classes.
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The Hillsborough County School Board voted Tuesday, Aug. 4, to reverse its leggings ban, allowing students at Lennard High, East Bay High and Apollo Beach K-8 to wear leggings without a mid-thigh covering when school opens Monday, Aug. 10.
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Rapid growth in Wimauma is pushing South Shore schools past capacity as the Aug. 10 school year begins, with relief from a $72 million middle school and a planned elementary school still one to three years away.
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Hillsborough County Public Schools is accepting community name suggestions for its new $72 million Wimauma middle school through 5 p.m. Friday, July 31, with the School Board scheduled to vote on a final name September 1.
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Hillsborough County Public Schools has made all required back-to-school forms available digitally through the Focus Parent Portal, eliminating paper packets for families at Lennard High, East Bay High, Apollo Beach K-8, and other area schools ahead of the Monday, August 10 first day of school.
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Apollo Beach K-8 student Melina Fenton won the Tax Collector's Choice Award as Hillsborough County's Kids Tag Art program raised a record $38,632 for school art programs in 2025-2026, with each of 66 participating schools receiving $585.
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Hillsborough County Public Schools announced three changes for the 2026-2027 school year: K-2 students will lose daily screen-based literacy programs in favor of hands-on instruction, every PreK-8 student gets a free field trip funded by the November 2024 millage referendum, and 82 semester exams are eliminated for middle and high schoolers.
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Florida's 2026 Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday runs Monday, July 20, through Thursday, August 20, giving Apollo Beach and Ruskin families 32 days to buy school supplies, clothing, and computers tax-free before Hillsborough County students start school Monday, August 10.
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