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The Cypress Creek Band of Coyotes won first place at the FFCC Outdoor Gaither Competition on Oct. 10 in Tampa, following a top-10 finish at the Lion's Pride Competition the week before.
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Pasco County Schools' ten-year capital plan directs $515 million toward seven new campuses, with Wesley Chapel set to gain a $93.4 million K-8 school and a $69 million medical magnet high school by fall 2028, targeting overcrowding at Wiregrass Ranch and Wesley Chapel high schools.
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Pasco County Schools plans an $80 million medical magnet high school on a 75-acre site off Meadow Pointe Boulevard in Wesley Chapel, targeting a fall 2028 opening with room for 1,300 students and free programs in nursing, medical lab science and imaging.
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Pasco-Hernando State College received $850,000 from the Florida Legislature for its third year of funding to the Institute for Nursing & Allied Health Advancement in Wesley Chapel, bringing the state's total commitment to roughly $3.1 million for simulation technology, nursing enrollment, dental hygiene seats and youth career camp scholarships.
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Pasco County Schools says teachers, bus drivers and custodians will lose roughly 12% of their pay if voters do not renew a salary referendum on the November 2026 ballot, a measure that generates nearly $68 million a year for non-administrative staff.
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Pasco County Schools is redrawing attendance boundaries for six Wesley Chapel-area schools and fast-tracking an $80 million medical magnet high school as housing growth pushes local campuses past 130% capacity.
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Florida's Board of Governors voted unanimously to bar undocumented students from initial enrollment at the state's 12 public universities starting in the 2027-28 school year, a policy that could affect thousands of graduates from increasingly diverse districts like Pasco County.
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The Pasco County School Board's recommendation to drop school concurrency thresholds to 100% capacity and split the county into five zones now heads to the County Commission, with no hearing date set, while a separate 2026-27 rezoning redraws boundaries for six Wesley Chapel-area schools.
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Bexley Elementary families can support classroom incentives Tuesday evening by dining at Huey Magoo's from 5 to 8 p.m., with no flyer or code required and drive-thru purchases included.
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Pasco County Schools jumped from 39th to 25th in Florida's state accountability rankings and projects a record 97% graduation rate as the 2026-27 year opens with a new "Learning First" initiative capping classroom screen time.
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Pasco County School Board member Jessica Wright says the district's free Pasco One app eliminates $3.50-per-child MySchoolBucks transaction fees, saving a three-kid family roughly $42 a month starting with Thursday's first day of school.
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Pasco County Schools now operates six K-8 campuses after opening two new schools for 2026-27, and Wesley Chapel parents at Kirkland Ranch K-8 say the model's continuity is making a difference for their children ahead of the Aug. 13 first day of school.
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Bexley Elementary in Wesley Chapel hosts Meet the Teacher Day on Monday, August 10, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., with the 2026-27 school year starting Thursday, August 13; Principal Vanessa Hilton urges families to set up dismissal procedures, pay fees, and review supply lists ahead of time.
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