Volume 20 Issue 13
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June 16, 2012
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New Tampa Schools Honored At Annual District Awards! By Matt Wiley Despite a recent FCAT score scare at some public schools in Hillsborough County, several New Tampa schools are being recognized for their excellence in education. For example, Paul R. Wharton High’s Parent-Teacher-Student Association (PTSA) was recently recognized as the best in the Hillsborough County School District at the annual Hillsborough County Council PTA/PTSA Awards Luncheon on May 30 at Lowry Park Zoo. And, Wharton principal Bradley Woods was recognized as Hillsborough’s High School Principal of the Year — for the second year in a row! “It’s quite an honor to be selected,” says Woods of his second consecutive Principal’s award. “It’s both overwhelming and humbling. I feel like I just show up every day and try to do what’s right for the kids. I’ll be here at
(Left photo) Benito Middle School principal John Sanders (left), with Wharton High principal Bradley Woods, both of whom won top Hillsborough School District Principal of the Year awards. (Right) The award-winning Hunter’s Green Elementary PTA, with PTA Reflections contest winner & HGE fourth grader Gabby Meyers (with ribbon). just need to keep challenging our stualso was honored with the “Local Unit 6:45 tomorrow morning to do it all dents,” Woods said. “We’ve got to take Achievement Award,” as well as numerover again.” a step back and look at all the informaous other awards, including the “OutWoods says he wasn’t fazed by the tion from the test results to see what standing Program Award” for its “5K recent FCAT results, which claimed the numbers really say.” & One Mile Family Fun Run” that that several schools in Hillsborough The Wharton High PTSA also was helps raise money for “Wishes for County were performing at unacceptrecognized as the District's High Wharton,” a program in which teachers ably sub-par levels. School PTSA of the year. The group “From a testing standpoint, we See “Schools” on page 15.
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project is complete.” Passmore says that in that section of the construction project, storm drainage also needs to be installed before reconstruction of the southbound BBD lanes can begin. But, he says, that phase of the project is still on track to be completed by late this year. Continuing north on Those aren’t new cell phone towers on BBD, they’re BBD past I-75, drivers may Dynamic Message Sign holders. Photo: Karen Frashier have noticed a large, metal, Tconstruction is complete.” Just as in shaped structure rising from the medi- some sections of I-75 and I-275, an in front of Cold Stone Creamery. See “BBD Update” on page 16. It’s not some obscure piece of modern art, but actually something much more practical. “It’s a support for a Dynamic Message Sign (DMS),” says Passmore. “There will be one installed north and south of I-75 on BBD by the time PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID TAMPA FL PERMIT 2801
Construction is full-speed-ahead, as traffic patterns change and strange metal structures rise from the dust along multiple sections of Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. in New Tampa. Area residents may have noticed a new traffic pattern along BBD just south of I-75 at Commerce Palms Blvd., as vehicles are now traveling
northbound along newly reconstructed lanes, so construction can begin on the southbound stretch. “We switched the northbound traffic to the new lanes so that we can remove the temporary lanes in the median,” says Scott Passmore, an engineer with KCI Technologies, the engineering firm heading the BBD widening project. “That traffic configuration will remain in effect until the
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