THINGS ARE TOUGH ALL OVER: In Pasco, even the affluent schools see spikes in the numbers of students qualifying for free and reduced price meals.

CONTAMINATED: Two Hillsborough schools have elevated arsenic and mercury levels in their soil.

JUST ONE CASE: Health officials find no more students test positive for TB at Plant City High.

HISTORIC GET-TOGETHER: The Florida Board of Education and Board of Governors meet for the first time to talk cooperation, the Palm Beach Post reports.

AND THEY'RE OFF: Florida begins its scramble to win Race to the Top funds, the Miami Herald reports.

GREAT TEACHER: Joe Underwood, a former Miami Vice star who now teaches TV and film production at Miami High, wins the Florida Education Association's top honor and will compete nationally, the Miami Herald reports.

'SERIOUS VIOLATIONS': An audit turns up fraudulent purchases and missing receipts in Palm Beach's credit card program, the Sun-Sentinel reports.

REPRIMAND: Polk's finance director gets in trouble for putting the wrong numbers into this year's financial report, the Lakeland Ledger reports.

TAX TIME: Bay considers asking voters for a half-cent sales tax to support building and technology needs, the Panama City News Herald reports.

SIT-IN: Some University of West Florida students protest the school's decision to cut hours at the campus computer lab, the Pensacola News-Journal reports.