Inside Scoop:Â Hours before the school board was scheduled to meet on Tuesday, July 21, Superintendent Thomas announced he would recommend the board delay the first day for students to Monday, Aug. 24….
Category: Education
Breaking news: Santa Rosa to delay school opening
Santa Rosa County School Superintendent Tim Wyrosdick has notified teachers and principals that he will delay the start of the school year and will provide a remote-learning option. He will give the…
Escambia School District leans into masks
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly While it doesn’t look to be instituting a hard mandate regarding the use of face masks, the Escambia County School District may be heading towards a sort of…
Dr. Lanza on schools re-opening
“I decided, let me just ask my 9-year-old granddaughter what she prefers…She said she would much rather be at school with teachers and friends.†by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Eyeing an August return…
Poll: Parents want to delay school openings
On Sunday, July 19, Inweekly had The Political Matrix poll 1,000 parents which children in Escambia County public schools. Â Nearly two-thirds of them are uncomfortable about Superintendent Malcolm Thomas opening the schools…
Compare FDOE reopening plan with Thomas’ plan
Today is the deadline for parents in Escambia to notify the school district whether their children will attend school, take classes online or will be enrolled in the Escambia Virtual Academy. For…
School board wades into reopening schools
“You’re kind of flying by the seat of you pants.†by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly With the start of the school year just weeks away, local education officials are keeping an eye on…
Teachers: ‘Afraid of dying’
“They’re afraid they’ll possibly die.”- Darzell Warren, president of the Escambia Education Association. By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly In August, students in the Escambia County School District will be returning to school in…
UWF looking into renaming Wentworth museum
From UWF: Yesterday evening, UWF Historic Trust leadership was made aware of T.T. Wentworth Jr.’s role as a leader in the Ku Klux Klan. This documentation was part of a recently acquired…
Parents, teachers question plan to reopen schools
By Ana Ceballos, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — As the number of coronavirus cases in Florida continues to climb, local education officials and parents are grappling with a statewide mandate…
The Big Back-to-School Experiment
“We expect you to be serious when you make that choice. You’ll be locked in.†– Superintendent Malcolm Thomas by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The upcoming school year will be unlike any before…
Florida schools ordered to reopen next month
By Ana Ceballos, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran on Monday ordered public schools to reopen in August and offer “the full panoply of services†to students…