Mediocre teacher wants to change Santa Rosa schools

Northview High teacher Vicky Baggett, who chairs the school’s Language Arts Department, has taken her book-banning message to Santa Rosa County. She told the Santa…

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Fred Waters Clinic returns

The Fred Waters Youth Baseball Clinic returns on Saturday, June 10, from 9 a.m. to noon at Blue Wahoos Stadium. Read more. The Fred Waters…

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Daily Outtakes: Tough walks, even tougher talks

Filthy School I toured Warrington Middle School yesterday with Charter Schools USA Florida superintendent Dr. Eddie Ruiz and Ana Cordal, Charter USA’s vice president of…

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Charter Schools USA interview

On WCOA this morning, Dr. Eddie Ruiz, Charter Schools USA’s Florida state superintendent, discussed his expectations for Warrington Middle School. Why take on the challenge…

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School rules teed up

The Florida Department of Education is slated on Friday, June 9 to hold a series of online rule-development workshops that would help implement the new…

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Tim Smith gone, Malcolm Thomas back

The day Keith Leonard takes over as interim school superintendent, Malcolm Thomas reappears. This email has been sent out: URGENT: Escambia School District Prayer &…

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Daily Outtakes: Major Milestone Hit

Kudos to Gupta & IRIS Intelligent Retinal Imaging Systems (IRIS), the Pensacola-based leader in retinal screening technology, announced a significant milestone with the achievement of…

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Take Stock hands out $287K, laptops

Take Stock in Children and the Escambia County Public Schools Foundation awarded $287,000 in scholarships to 21 graduating seniors who also received a laptop computer….

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Daily Outtakes: Banned Books Giveaway

Push Back Open Books & Prison Book Project and Inweekly have launched a Banned Books Giveaway that will hand out at this year’s PensaPride festival…

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City receives funds for Miraflores Burial Ground Study

The City of Pensacola has been selected to receive a $22,160 grant from the National Park Service to fund a ground penetrating radar survey at…

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Podcast: Banning Books, Mental Health

A TEAM Approach Yesterday, I interviewed Judge JJ Frydrychowicz about Escambia County T.E.A.M. Court Program and its possible expansion. The Escambia County T.E.A.M. Court Program…

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Daily Outtakes: Talking with Tim

Mentor: Malcolm Thomas I interviewed Superintendent Tim Smith yesterday and asked if he felt his predecessor, Malcolm Thomas, was undermining his leadership. “No, he was…

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