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To fight against censorship and to celebrate freedom, passages from some of America's most commonly banned books will be read aloud at the University of South Florida's Banned Books Week Read-Out event next week.

FORT LAUDERDALE | A woman who claims her 5-year-old was kicked out of his kindergarten class after the teacher held a "'Survivor'-style vote" among fellow students about his disruptive behavior on Thursday sued the teacher, school officials and others.

For three long months, three classmates harassed and bullied a middle-school student about his weight every school day.

School Board members are expected to approve another lean budget today in Bartow along with a property tax rate increase of 25 cents for every $1,000 of taxable property value. A vote on the final budget will be in September.

LAKELAND | Some fourth-graders at Lincoln Avenue Academy and Crystal Lake Elementary in Lakeland have been accused of template writing by using similar phrases or exact sentences in their essays on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test

LAKELAND | A defunct Lakeland charter school charged the state $101,000 for students it didn't have, according to an investigation by the Polk County School District

June 28. 2009 - At issue is the FHSAA's decision to cut varsity and junior varsity contests for the next two seasons in all sports but football and cheerleading.