Escambia County Public Schools has begun identifying the academic outcomes, such as reading and math scores, with their school attendance zones to reveal “corridors of concerns.” The”corridors of concerns” came up near…
Category: Education
Real News 2/14/24
The rest of today’s interviews: University of West Florida Volleyball Coach Melissa Wolter discusses the importance of getting girls involved in sports. The Pensacola Opera is bringing John Holiday to Pensacola this…
Daily Outtakes: Trust meets today
The Escambia Children’s Trust meets at 9 a.m. today in the Escambia County Commission chambers. This will be the first meeting for the new executive director, Lindsey Cannon, who reported to work…
Coach Yelton: Girls in Sports
We talked with UWF Women’s Basketball Coach Stephanie Yelton about her team’s last two games against nationally ranked Union and Christian Brothers as they prepare for the Gulf South Conference tournament. We…
Daily Outtakes: Teacher Pay Compression
By Tom St. Myer In our Feb. 8 issue, we examine the six-month stalemate between the Santa Rosa School District and the Santa Rosa Professional Educators – a $1.3 million gap between…
Cassi McGee, Escambia Teacher of the Year
Press Release: The Escambia County Public Schools has announced its 2025 ECPS Teacher of the Year, Cassi McGee. Ms. McGee has been an employee of the District since 2005, when she began…
Cox employees buy glasses for kids
Cox Communications employees have awarded a total of $7,000 in grants to local non-profits, through Cox Charities Community Investment Grants. The program provides employee funded grants of up to $5,000 to support…
Military academy appointments
Congressman Matt Gaetz last week announced his 2024 Service Academy Nominations for Florida’s First Congressional District. These are the ones from Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY Jacob Lawrence,…
Escambia’s shrinking Class of 2023
When the 2023 high school graduation class started high school in 2019, the ninth grade had 3,215 students. Four years later, the 12th grade had only 2,606 students – a 20% loss….
Daily Outtakes: Escambia graduation rate falls, while state rises
On Monday, the Florida Department of Education announced that the state’s 2022–23 high school graduation rate climbed to 88%, an increase of 0.7 percentage points over the previous school year and a…
Santa Rosa names Teacher of the Year
Santa Rosa Superintendent of Schools Dr. Karen Barber, Santa Rosa School Board Members, and members of the Santa Rosa Education Foundation announced Christal Bennett as the Santa Rosa Teacher of the Year…
Daily Outtakes: DeSantis overlooks Escambia School District
Today, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that more than $35 million in funding from the Workforce Development Capitalization Incentive Grant Program will be allocated to Florida school districts and Florida College System institutions…