LESS MONEY, LESS SCHOOL: Hernando had plans for a $50.8-million new school, but only $27-million available. So leaders started to think smaller. (Rendering special to the Times)

STUDYING CHILDREN'S HEALTH: USF researchers get a $28.8-million grant to conduct part of "the largest study of children's health in the history of the U.S. government." The University of Miami got a piece, too, the Miami Herald reports.

YOU'RE HIRED: Collier custodians, whose jobs were recently outsourced, begin taking jobs with the company that replaced them but vow to keep fighting the School Board's decision, the Naples Daily News reports.

"COMMITTED TO OUR STUDENTS": Volusia superintendent Margaret Smith responds to criticisms of her handling of the budget in an op-ed piece for the Orlando Sentinel.

"BRING SPELLING BACK": Clay educators lament students' growing inability to spell properly, the My Clay Sun reports.

BUT WHAT'S MY GRADE? Palm Beach schools consider report cards without letter grades for elementary students, the Sun-Sentinel reports.

FREE RIDE: Brevard Community College cuts a deal to get all students, staff and faculty free rides on the public transit system, Florida Today reports.