According to the Florida Department of Education, the Escambia County School District is lagging beyond neighboring Santa County in its growth in enrollment. Escambia County has only 167 more students that…
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New Pleasant Grove school moves forward
The new Pleasant Grove elementary school just took another step toward reality and Escambia County Commissioner Doug Underhill is, in the words of Escambia County School Board Member Kevin Adams, “mad as…
Pensacola High lost 139 freshman over four years, 30.7 percent
Pensacola High lost 30.7% of its 2015-16 freshman class when it calculated its 2018-19 graduation cohort. The district reported 91.2% graduation rate for PHS for the year. However, it lost 55 white…
Highlights: State of the State
In his State of the State address today, Governor Ron DeSantis encouraged lawmakers to recognize that people are more mobile and will move out of states with high taxes and too many…
Escambia County’s Class of 2019 lost 20 percent its freshman-year class.
The Escambia County School District lost 680 students from its 2015-16 freshman class when it came time to calculate the Class of 2019 graduation cohort –a 20.2% decline. This happened despite the…
Graduation rates improve, Escambia still trails surrounding counties
Governor Ron DeSantis yesterday announced that Florida’s 2018-19 graduation rate increased to 86.9 percent, an increase of 0.8 percentage points over last year and a jump of 27.7 percentage points since 2003-04….
UWF selects Business College Dean
Press Release: University of West Florida Provost and Senior Vice President George Ellenberg announced the appointment of Richard Fountain as dean of the College of Business. Fountain previously served as chair for…
UWF brings championship trophy to city hall
Following the University of West Florida Argonauts football team’s weekend win and clinching of the Division-II national championship, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson offered his congratulations during a Monday morning press event. “We…
Former UWF VP finalist of college presidency
Brendan Kelly, former UWF VP of university advancement, is a finalist for the president position at the University of West Georgia. He left UWF in 2016 to become the chancellor of the…
Statewide grand jury slams ‘systemic’ school safety issues
By Ana Ceballos TALLAHASSEE — A statewide grand jury has issued a report painting a dire picture of how Florida school districts are implementing security measures passed in response to a mass…
Big Bird puppeteer passes
Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer who played Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street, passed away on Saturday. In September 2015, Spinney visited Pensacola State College as part of WSRE’s Public…
Text of 2018 offense report: allegations of molestation, extortion
Here is the text of the April 2018 offense report concerning an investigation of then-Escambia teacher Susan Weddle for “possible Lewd and Lascivious molestation” and her countercharge that she was being extorted….