Category: Education
Fraud at school cafeterias
Now we know why the Escambia County Public School District set up a toll-free fraud hotline. The daily newspaper reports that an outside audit of…
UWF General Counsel no longer counsel, shifted to assistant to provost
By Jesse Farthing Lee Gore, who was heading up the University of West Florida Office of the General Counsel, has been terminated from that position,…
Report: First Eight Years Indicate a Child’s Success
By Stephanie Carroll Carson, Florida News Connection TAMPA, Fla. – Third grade is the crossroads of a child’s educational future, according to a report released…
Harper and Gilley honored
The Florida Small Business Development Center Network has honored Dr. Rick Harper, Executive Director of the Office of Economic Development and Engagement at the University…
Oakcrest teacher named to People Magazine Teacher of the Year list
PEOPLE magazine has announced the six winners of the magazine’s second annual “Teacher of the Year†Awards (#teacherofyear. John Herber, a fifth grade teacher at…
Third-graders talk about government shutdown
My daughter Tricia teaches third graders. She talked to her class about the federal government shutdown. “We talked about what a budget is (I compared…
It’s official. UWF Argos will play football at Maritime Park in 2016
Collier Merrill is making his last CMPA board meeting a huge one. After weeks of negotiations, University of West Florida President Dr. Judy Bense announced…
Pine Forest graduate gets recognition as North Carolina high school track coach
Ryan Albertson, Pine Forest High Class of 2001, is featured in the New Bern, N.C. Sun Journal for his work as cross country coach at…
A different take on drug expulsions
The daily newspaper reports that drug expulsions are up in the Escambia County public schools. Superintendnent Malcolm credits his random drug tests, the drug dog…
Rubio hits all the hot topics: Obamacare, education and college debt
By Jesse Farthing U.S. Senator Marco Rubio expressed his desire to repeal the Affordable Care Act today during a roundtable meeting with local business owners,…
Molino Park Elementary School vandalized. When will school district improve school security systems?
At the beginning of the year, Superintendent Malcolm Thomas established a task force to come up with measures to improve school security. He asked parents…
UWF hires USM official for first Chief Diversity Officer
This notice was sent to the University of West Florida staff: I’m pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Kim LeDuff as the university’s new…
