Tampa Bay Times, Article Link, Published Dec. 17, 2025 Imagine if Florida lost track of $270 million of your tax dollars on any given day. Or that the state couldn’t find 30,000 students. You would be puzzled, stunned and outraged.
letter to the editor from LH in response to a published piece about Florida education commissioner being booed at the state school board conference. Tampa Bay Times, Letter Link, Published Dec. 10, 2025 Lacking leadership Florida’s education ecosystem includes 350,000 teachers,
U.S. News & World Report, Article Link, Published Oct. 8, 2025. There’s nothing ‘conservative’ about giving away billions in tax dollars without accountability. When my older son was four years old, I drove him every day to the most prestigious private
Dear friends,The violent assassination of Charlie Kirk has shaken me, our community, and our nation. Sadly, this was not an isolated act of violence—it follows assassination attempts against President Trump, the tragic murders of Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman
Florida is facing a deficit. The top reason is K–12 education, and oddly enough, not because of public school funding. The real problem is funding for non-public schools currently to the tune of $4 billion. Tax dollars for “universal" vouchers to
Tampa Bay Times , Article Link, Published May 1, 2025. The talk in Tallahassee right now is all about tax cuts, but did you know that Florida will soon face multibillion-dollar budget deficits? I was at the capital recently, and
The “NAEP scores” or the Nation’s Report Card was issued the last days of January, two months ago. Many of you may have seen the headlines about how poorly the country as a whole is doing post-Covid. If you
Dear friends, I joined the Pinellas County School Board in 2020 and as the strategic planning, budgeting and opportunities and challenges facing our schools have risen, our school board has steadfastly led with the question: what is the impact
Tampa Bay Times, Article Link, Published Sept. 26, 2023. Let’s talk about books. There have been plenty of articles in the Tampa Bay Times and plenty of talk online and in bookstores about banning books in Pinellas County and across
After a parent complained, a panel of teachers, parents and community members decided the film was appropriate for kids in elementary school. Tampa Bay Times, Article Link, Published April 3, 2023. By Jeffrey S. SolochekTimes staff Disney’s “Ruby Bridges” movie,
