Author: Rick Outzen
New Hampshire Poll Shows Romney ahead
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is a clear front-runner in New Hampshire, while low favorability ratings from Granite State voters have left Donald Trump back…
Perdido Key honors Korean War Hero
Press Release: he Perdido Key Chamber will host a celebration in honor of African-American War Hero Private Rosamond Johnson Saturday, May 7th beginning at 9…
Charter school districts coming
Florida Tribune reports House and Senate have passed SB 1546. Sponsored by Sen. John Thrasher, R-Jacksonville, in the Senate and Rep. Kelli Stargel, R-Lakeland, in…
FCAT writing breakdown by school
The Escambia County Public School District showed improvement on the FCAT writing, although less than half of the schools met or exceeded the state average….
Camelot High is a joke, too
The Camelot high school isn’t doing well either. School Name 2011 Score 2011 Gap 2010 Gap Improvement ESCAMBIA CHARTER SCHOOL 59 -16 -31 15 NORTHVIEW…
Camelot worse than AV Clubbs – FCAT writing for 8th grade
The Camelot-run middle school performed much worse than the old A.V. Clubbs on the FCAT writing tests when you compare its percentage of 4 or…
Silver lining on FCAT writing scores – 4th grade
The majority of the Escambia County elementary schools improved on the writing scores and narrowed the gap between the percentage of fourth graders scoring 4…
5 of 7 Escambia High School do well on FCAT writing
Only Pensacola and Escambia High failed to surpass the state FCAT writing averages for scores of 4 or higher: District Name School Name Number of…
4 of 11 Escambia middle school surpass state FCAT writing average
The surprise in the eighth grade reading is that the “IB middle school,” Workman, didn’t surpass state average for scores 4 or above. The Camelot…
Nine 4th grades surpass state FCAT writing averages
Escambia County only had nine fourth grade classes exceed the state FCAT writing averages for students thatscored a 4 or higher—and A.K. Suter, Hellen Caro…
Vote for Pensacola baseball team name
The entries have been narrowed to six names: Aviators, Salty Dogs, Mullet, Blue Wahoo, Loggerheads, and Redbone. The rules for voting on the “Name The…
Navy Seals kicked butt
Daily Beast: Navy SEALs started as frogmen clearing beaches in World War II, but have since become an elite corps performing America’s most delicate tasks….
Photo for the ages
President Barack Obama and his staff watching the Osama Bin Laden raid: Read CNN article.
St. Pete Times’ take on state budget
What do we get for $68 billion? Hospitals statewide face a $510 million cut, or 12 percent, in Medicaid reimbursements—which will hurt Sacred Heart significantly….
FCAT writing scores to be released today
The easiest of the of Florida Comprehensive Assessment Tests will be released Florida Dept. of Education at 10 a.m. today. The writing exams are are…
Birthers become deathers
Got this email this morning: I don’t know about you. But I’m asking “Where’s the beef?” How come they allegedly disposed of Osama’s body at…
Fairhope to get Pulitzer hotel and library
Press Release: Mac Pulitzer, great-grandson of Pulitzer Prize founder Joseph Pulitzer and son of New York Times best-selling author Roxanne Pulitzer, is moving to the…
Firehouse Subs helps tornado victims
Press Release: To benefit first responders and tornado survivors in the Southeast, Firehouse Subs has announced the “Round Up” program in most of the 427…
PPD looking for suspect (drawing)
Press Release: A composite drawing of a suspected involved in a recent carjacking and robbery of a fast food employee has been released. The incident…
