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AUGUST 19, 2015
Big changes in store for Pasco schools By B.C. Manion
complete, but district officials don’t expect the work that’s yet to be done to disrupt the Transportation issues? opening of school. Pasco County Schools has set up a speA lot of change is in store for Pasco At Pine View Middle, students and staff cial Transportation Call Center during the County Schools during the 2015-2016 will be embarking on a quest to become the first week of school. If you have a problem, school year. first school in the district to be designated call the numbers listed below, on Monday Students arriving at Sanders Memorial as a Middle Years Programme by the through Friday from 6:30 a.m. to 10 a.m., Elementary STEAM Magnet School will find International Baccalaureate Organization. and from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. not only a new campus, but a new way of It typically takes a candidate school (813) 794-2500; (727) 774-2500; learning, too. about three years to meet the requirements or (352) 524-2500 They’ll be attending classes in the Pasco to receive the designation. school district’s first magnet school proAcross the United States, there are 45 prigram, with an emphasis on science, vate and 538 public MYP programmes, technology, engineering, the arts and mathe- undergone a massive makeover — replacing including 65 in Florida and four in the Tampa matics. the formerly “open” space with traditional area, including Carrollwood Day School and Students arriving at Quail Hollow classrooms, with doors and windows. See SCHOOLS, page11A Elementary School, will find a school that’s The school’s makeover isn’t entirely
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Two task forces will discuss options, with each presenting five to six recommendations to the Pasco County Organization. A private development plan to build an One group will focus on State Road 54 elevated toll road along the State Road 54 from U.S. 19, in west Pasco, to U.S. 41 in and State Road 56 corridor fell apart more Land O’ Lakes. Another will look at State than a year ago. But, the experience left lin- Road 54/State Road 56, from U.S. 41 to gering ill feelings because of a lack of public Bruce B. Downs Boulevard, east of Interstate input on the project. 75. County officials now plan to start discusIn the future, a separate study will consions again on how to deal with a major sider State Road 56 from Bruce B. Downs to traffic headache on a corridor with explod- U.S. 301 in Zephyrhills. ing growth from rooftops to shops, Committee members are from the MPO’s especially from Land O’ Lakes to Wesley Citizens Advisory Committee, local chamChapel. More growth is anticipated from bers of commerce, community leaders, Wesley Chapel to Zephyrhills. developers or their representatives, and resiAt the same time the county wants to dents from west and east Pasco. give residents a role in the decision-making. Their work is scheduled for completion “There was no public engagement, no within eight months to nine months. strong grassroots support,” said James The kickoff meetings, open to the public, Edwards, the transportation manager for will be on Sept. 24 (East Task Force) and on Pasco’s Metropolitan Planning Commission. Sept. 29 (West Task Force) at 5:45 p.m., at “We’re going to change that in this particular study.” See TRAFFIC, page11A
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Dr. Vasumathi Badrinathan is Saint Leo’s first Fulbright Scholar in Residence to teach at the university.
Saint Leo welcomes its first Fulbright Scholar in Residence By Michael Murillo
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Students at Saint Leo University will be learning about different languages, culture and music this fall. That type of education isn’t new for the university. But the type of educator delivering it is unprecedented in the university’s history. Dr. Vasumathi Badrinathan will be the university’s first Fulbright Scholar in Residence. She has left her native India, where she’s taught for nearly three decades, KATHY STEELE/STAFF PHOTO to spend a semester educating students in Motorists navigate the intersection where Wesley Chapel Boulevard meets the State Road 54 her areas of expertise. See FULBRIGHT, page11A
and State Road 56 junction. In the background, Tampa Premium Outlets is under construction, nearing the Oct. 29 opening day.