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'WE SEE IT, WE TAKE IT': That's Hillsborough's new slogan for cell phones and electronic devices in the schools. Parents have already begun complaining.

PLEASE PICK ME: Students audition to prove they have what it takes to be accepted to Hernando's new gifted center. (Times photo, Will Vragovic)
ELECTION NEWS: Pinellas District 4 candidates differ on the issues.
SIT TIGHT: The Hillsborough School Board imposes a travel moratorium on itself while it works out rules and a budget for such expenses. Some members have spent a lot more on travel than others.
THEY WILL APPEAL: Manatee officials plan to challenge the grades of nearly half the district's schools, contending the FDOE erred in its calculations, the Bradenton Herald reports.
NO REST: Students in Lee County's IB program keep doing their school work through the summer, the Fort Myers News-Press reports.
CHECK THE MAP: A Miami-Dade school district lawyer is placed on leave during a hearing about how she took $15,000 from the district to move to Miami-Dade County but lives in Palm Beach, the Miami Herald reports.
WE'RE BIG: Florida has 14 of the nation's 100 largest school districts in the latest rankings, the Orlando Sentinel reports.
WHERE IN THE WORLD? Escambia equips its school buses with GPS systems, a move critics call a waste of money during tight budget times, the Pensacola News-Journal reports.
LOOKING FOR BIG BUCKS: FAMU officials plan to jump-start its fund-raising efforts now that its most major problems are in the past, the Tallahassee Democrat reports.
BUDGET ROUNDUP: Miami-Dade looks to cutting jobs and programs to reduce spending, moves some board members say will gut all but the most basic education, the Miami Herald reports. A special magistrate sides with the Manatee district in imposing pay cuts for teachers, the Herald-Tribune reports. Brevard decides to charge students $2 a day if they want to receive "courtesy busing," Florida Today reports.
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| Rebecca Catalanello covers Pinellas County schools. E-mail her: rcatalanello@tampabay.com. |
| Tony Marrero covers Hernando County schools. E-mail him: tmarrero@tampabay.com. |
| Marlene Sokol covers Hillsborough County schools. E-mail her: sokol@tampabay.com. |
| Ron Matus covers Pinellas County schools. E-mail him: matus@tampabay.com. |
| Jeffrey S. Solochek covers Pasco County schools. E-mail him: solochek@tampabay.com. |
| Kim Wilmath covers the University of South Florida. E-mail her: kwilmath@tampabay.com. |
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