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Monday, September 10, 2012

9/11 Remembrance Focuses on Banning Islamic Group from Hillsborough County Schools

The daylong remembrance will feature a protest rally, press conference, speakers and the viewing of the documentary, “Losing Our Sons."

A Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony will focus on banning the Council on American-Islamic Relations from Hillsborough County Schools. Brandon resident Terry Kemple, president of the Community Issues Council, a Christian political group, has joined forces with the Education Coalition, the Tampa 912, the Tampa Tea Party and the Pinellas Patriots to host a daylong remembrance and protest rally. Kemple became a vocal opponent of permitting members of CAIR to speak in Hillsborough County classrooms after learning that Hassan Shibly, executive director of the Tampa CAIR chapter, made a presentation to a world history class at Steinbrenner High School last year. Kemple and other opponents assert that CAIR is linked to terrorism and is attempting to …

Daryl Dixon

9:08 am on Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Could you imagine the international outcry if the Knights of Columbus stormed walls of the Egyptian Embassy, tore down their flag, burned it and raised the flag of the Catholic Church!....yet we sit and remain silent as the Muslim Brotherhood does just that...maybe we need to apologize more...yeah that will work!   more ›

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Hillsborough Releases 2012-13 School Calendar

Students at one Tampa school will start earlier due to the Republican National Convention

Hillsborough County parents hoping to get a jump on planning for next school year are in luck. The Hillsborough County School Board has given a green light to the district’s proposed calendar. The 2012-13 calendar has students reporting for the first day of classes on Aug. 21. Pupils at the Rampello Downtown Partnership K-8 School, however, will start a bit earlier due to the Republican National Convention. Their first day of classes is Aug. 14, but they’ll be off Aug. 27-31. Rampello serves students from all over the county whose parents work in the downtown area. “Rampello is located about 1,000 feet from the (Tampa Bay Times) Forum,” the district said in a media release. “To avoid traffic problems and because many of their parents who …

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