My view: More money doesn’t boost scores
March 11, 2010
A lot of Sarasota County voters who go to the polls Tuesday may vote in favor of the extending the school tax for the wrong reason.
Our view: The never-ending debate
March 11, 2010
Many supporters of public education find it heretical for anyone not to support extending the one-mill school property tax in Sarasota County.
Our View: Our 'in-the-margin' governor
March 4, 2010
"Government in the margins" certainly makes it easier to get elected or re-elected, but it does little to address what should be addressed.
OUR VIEW: Public education fatally flawed
February 25, 2010
American culture apparently has embedded the idea, irrevocably, that the education of our children is an obligation of the State.
Letters to the Editor 02.25.10
February 25, 2010
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OUR VIEW: School tax: a failed proposition
February 18, 2010
In most years in Sarasota County, it's pretty much a given that county voters would support a 1-mill extra property tax for public schools.
MY VIEW: 4 reasons to nix the school tax
February 18, 2010
The reasons why Sarasota County taxpayers — and parents — should oppose the renewal of the district’s special one-mill tax extension continue to mount in stunning fashion.
MY VIEW: Friendship Centers: our biggest secret
February 18, 2010
There's more than friendship to be found at Sarasota's Senior Friendship Centers. Visit one, you’ll be amazed.
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19 Voice Aerobics with Mary Spremulli, MA, CCC-SLP
10:00 am - 11:00 am - Jun
19 Cancer Education Series at Doctors Hospital
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm - Jun
19 Anni Piper, Australia's First Lady Of Blues, On Tour
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm - Jun
20 Ageless Grace with Mary Masi
10:00 am - 11:00 am
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Charitable lesson
06/13/13
Temple Emanu–El Religious School donated its tzedakah — which means charity of righteousness in Hebrew — for the 2012-13 school year. -
Mind blowing
06/13/13
Sarasota Christian School sent four teams — the most in Florida — to the Odyssey of the Mind's World Finals May 23 to May 25, at Michigan State University. -
Top Truitt
06/06/13
The Board of Directors of Leadership Florida, the president of the Florida Chamber of Commerce and four Florida Leadership graduates nominated Sarasota's Pam Truitt, of Truitt Consulting, for a position on the board of directors.
