TAMPA — At his previous stop as principal at Webb Middle School, Frank Diaz borrowed a concept that one of his school administrator friends used at Leto High.

An incentive room.

Despite a reputation as one of the nation’s hottest markets, with steady population growth since the pandemic, enrollment is dropping in Hillsborough County’s traditional public schools.

Twenty-day student counts released this week show schools run by the school district had a net loss of 1,581 students when compared with the 20th day of 2022-23.

By comparison, charter schools — which get state funding but are managed independently — grew by 2,528 students.

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Advanced Placement Psychology classes are back at Hillsborough County public schools following a confusing back-and-forth with Florida’s Department of Education.

Hillsborough County Public Schools initially removed the AP class over fears the course went against the state’s new teaching guidelines.

TAMPA, Fla. — The Hillsborough County School Board voted unanimously on the next interim superintendent who will be taking over the duties of soon-to-be-former Superintendent Addison Davis.

During a meeting Tuesday afternoon, Chief of Strategic Planning and Partnerships Van Ayres was voted to take on the new role as the county's interim superintendent, effective July 15.

The largest school district in the Tampa Bay area is losing its leader.

Hillsborough County schools Superintendent Addison Davis announced he is stepping down effective July 14.

The announcement comes a day after the Sarasota County School Board chose Hillsborough Deputy Superintendent Terrence Connor as its new head of schools.

More high-school graduates are being diverted from college campuses by brighter prospects for blue-collar jobs in a historically strong labor market for less-educated workers.

The college enrollment rate for recent U.S. high-school graduates, ages 16 to 24, declined to 62% last year from 66.2% in 2019, just before the pandemic began, according to the latest Labor Department data. The rate topped out at 70.1% in 2009.

TAMPA, Fla. - In its first vote on Superintendent Addison Davis' proposed school boundary change, the Hillsborough County school board approved the changes in a 4-3 vote.

The board also decided to close Just Elementary School in a 4-3 vote.

TAMPA, Fla. — With graduation approaching for many high school seniors, the question of what comes next is pressing.