Education

Wesley Chapel to Get $80 Million Medical Magnet High School by 2028

Pasco County Schools is building a new medical magnet high school near Double Branch Elementary, offering free nursing and surgical-simulation programs to any county student starting fall 2028.

New Free App Wipes Out $3.50 Lunch Fees for Wesley Chapel School Families

Pasco County Schools' new Pasco One app has eliminated the per-deposit fees families paid through MySchoolBucks, saving a household with three kids about $42 a month.

Pasco School Board's Final Vote Tuesday Sets $17 Million Tax Hike Affecting Wesley Chapel Homes

The board votes Sept. 8 on a 2026-27 budget that raises the district's property tax levy to $436.6 million even as it cuts 476 jobs, with growth concentrated near Wesley Chapel and Wiregrass Ranch.

Pasco Schools Start Thursday: Every Wesley Chapel Bell Time for 2026-27

Classes resume Thursday, August 13, and several Wesley Chapel-area schools shifted start-time tiers, with elementary bells split between 9:40 and 9:50. Elementary Meet the Teacher is Monday.

Pasco's Back-to-School Bus Hotline Opens Monday, Three Days Before the First Bell

Pasco County Schools' extended transportation call center runs Aug. 10 through Aug. 19 as students return Thursday, Aug. 13. New classroom screen-time limits start the same day, and SR 56 repaving begins Aug. 25.

Pasco Schools Earn an A, With No Campus Below a C for the First Time Since 2004

The state bumped Pasco County Schools from a B to an A for 2026, and every campus in the district landed at a C or better. The grades arrive a week before Wesley Chapel students head back on Thursday, Aug. 13.

Pasco Caps Classroom Screen Time Starting Aug. 13: 30 Minutes in Kindergarten, 90 in High School

New district guidance limits "passive" screen time in every Pasco classroom, and it takes effect the day Wesley Chapel students go back. It also lands five days before parents vote on three school board seats.

Pasco Schools Adopt Tentative Budget With a $17M Bigger Tax Levy, Even as Spending Drops

The School Board of Pasco County adopted tentative 2026-27 millage rates and a budget on July 28, setting the ceiling that will show up on Wesley Chapel homeowners' August TRIM notices. The rate is essentially flat. The levy still grows by about $17 million.

Pasco Plans a Medical Magnet High School in Wesley Chapel to Open by 2028

Pasco County is planning a health care–focused magnet high school in Wesley Chapel, a roughly $80 million campus targeted to open by August 2028 and built to relieve two of the area's most overcrowded high schools.

Pasco Is Growing — So Why Are Its Schools Cutting 500 Positions?

Wesley Chapel School Report Card: Where Local Students Are Thriving and Where More Work Is Needed

A look at the highest-performing and most-challenged public schools across the Wesley Chapel community, based on state test data and independent ratings

Pasco Schools Move Up Plans for New High School in Wesley Chapel as Enrollment Surges

WESLEY CHAPEL, FL - Pasco County’s school system is facing two very different realities at once: declining enrollment on the west side of...