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August 12, 2001

Tampa Bay: August 12, 2001

Building boom
When the dust settles in two years, 11 schools will have been rebuilt. Three will be built to accommodate the new school choice plan.

Map: Status of Pinellas school construction

Even private schools see expansion
Some of the larger private schools in Pinellas County are experiencing their own building boom, though at a much smaller level both in dollars and project scope.

School bus schedules: Go to http://www.pinellas.k12.fl.us and click on the Bus Routes link on the right side of the home page.

Principals emphasize close-knit campuses
"Without community support, the schools are an island," one says. Here's the new crop steering the schools.

Don't let 'choice' sneak up on you
By this time next year, parents need to be able to decide where they want their children to go to school in 2003.

4 schools to teach avoidance of harm
Nearly 1-million children are poisoned every year. A pilot program takes aim at that kind of statistic.

Lunches will cost an extra quarter
It was inevitable, says the food service director. The cost of food has gone up, while the price has held steady for 11 years.

Special observance days
The following special observance days have been approved by the school district for the 2001-02 school year.

2001-02 report card distribution

Immunizations

Registration
Students only need to register once during their school career in Pinellas County.

Calendar
Aug. 22: Schools open -- classes begin.

North Pinellas County news
A city divided
In Clearwater, there is no middle ground. For some Times readers, Clearwater invokes images of perfect sand and sunsets. For others, its promise has been ruined by overdevelopment and mismanagement.

PODS to city: Sign rules unworkable
The company had nine months to make its signs fit Clearwater's rules. But the company says the storage units are in use so much there hasn't been time to fix them.

At flea market, it's always Sonny
Sonny Harris is quite content living and working at the Oldsmar Flea Market. In fact, he almost never leaves.

Hospital could become celebrity spa
A retired plastic surgeon wants to turn the former Anclote Manor psychiatric center into a pricey resort.

Too many drivers hit road ready to do battle
Cleveland Street at Aurora Avenue is a placid part of Clearwater, shaded by big trees, dark and quiet at night.

New leader keeps band marching
After a summer filled with uncertainty, the East Lake High School Silver Sound Marching Band completed a successful band camp last week and has hit the ground marching for another successful season.


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  • West Nile virus Q & A
  • Baptist leaders meet, plan list of demands for hotel
  • NAACP members protest Clearwater hotel
  • Metro review
  • Tampa Bay briefs

  • South Pinellas headlines

    Back to school
  • Building boom
  • Bus schedules
  • Even private schools see expansion
  • Don't let 'choice' sneak up on you
  • Principals emphasize close-knit campuses
  • 4 schools to teach avoidance of harm
  • Lunches will cost an extra quarter
  • Special observance days
  • 2001-02 report card distribution
  • Immunizations
  • Registration
  • Calendar

  • Other news
  • Seminole rejected but not dejected
  • Gandy project worries church
  • Kenneth City rejects idea of annexing Lealman
  • Wish list for park waits one detail
  • Converting one-way streets has a steep price
  • The week ahead
  • Jungle Terrace approves improvements to gym, park
  • Seminole manager gets raise
  • Retiring at 40
  • Don't like thought of dog being lonely?
  • For club, networking is serious business
  • Historical museum to move again
  • Snell: castle to condos
  • 22nd St. S waits for sweet taste of renewal
  • Pinellas Park delays hearing on apartments
  • Residents get a say in taming intersection
  • City may relax rules on parking spaces
  • Protests spare bus shuttle in Treasure Island for now
  • Perch packs them in with piano and poems
  • He sheds an awful job but not nemesis couch
  • Buddhist statues arrive from Vietnam
  • City manager hunt will be team effort
  • Neighborhood briefs
  • 46th Street bumps likely to jiggle out the eyeballs
  • Belleair Beach rethinks rules for proper use of city hall
  • Treasure Island will alter traffic 'bubble'
  • Beach mayors renew firehouse quest
  • Baseball player catches national attention
  • Top ABC tourney teams are rolling in the money

  • Hillsborough headlines
  • Special ed teachers still rare commodity
  • Electric buses generate complaints

  • News of Florida
  • Is this in Florida's future?
  • Black UF freshmen numbers plummet
  • Gulf drilling's mitigating factor may dry up
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