Class is in session.
From hiring news to teacher recognition, there’s a bunch happening in the Tampa Bay area’s education scene. Here are four of the latest updates:
- Hillsborough County Public Schools is looking to fill 250+ vacant bus driver positions. Check out information about the role + hiring process.
- Gerard Madrinan was named Pinellas County Schools’ 2024 Teacher of the Year at this week’s Evening of Excellence ceremony. The Seminole High School music teacher + band director now leads the band he fell in love with as a kid while watching his older brother perform 33 years ago.
- HCPS will receive a federal grant of ~$64 million to build a new school on the site of Tinker K-8 on MacDill Air Force Base. Officials voted unanimously this week to extend the school’s lease from 25 years to 33 years, through 2057.
- Hillsborough County is hosting its 2024 Excellence in Education Awards on Thursday, Feb. 1.
