County Commissioner Jeff Bergosh discussed appointed vs. elected school superintendent on my radio show yesterday. The voters approved moving to appointed in the 2018 general election. The switch happened in November 2020…
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Lewis Bear Jr. & the Arts
Former Pensacola Museum of Art Maria Goldberg discussed Lewis Bear Jr’s love for the visual arts. “If you were to look back in the history of the museum from its inception as…
Superintendent: Grit, determination needed
At the end of the 2020-21 school year, School Superintendent Tim Smith and the Escambia School Board began work on a five-year strategic plan. “The plan sets a roadmap for where we’re…
Superintendent responds to Salzman
Escambia County School Superintendent Tim Smith responded to State Rep. Salzman’s call for his resignation with a viewpoint in the Pensacola News Journal. He addresses her complaints individually, which he labeled “Fiction.”…
Viewpoint: Setting schools on a collision course
Superintendent reversal would set Escambia Schools on a collision course with failure By Jarah Jacquay Escambia County’s governmental gears are grinding slowly into reverse and setting our schools and students on a…
The Fair offers college scholarships
The Pensacola Interstate Fair is proud to announce that applications are now available for the 2023-2024 John E. Frenkel, Sr. Educational Grant program. Deadline to submit application online is April 10, 2023. The…
School board gave Smith positive ratings
The school board evaluated School Superintendent Tim Smith last May at the end of his full school year. No one said he needed improvement. District 1 – Kevin Adams Leadership – Satisfactory…
Myth-busting: School District is better
In the fall of 2018 when voters approved a referendum empowering the school board to appoint the school superintendent, the district ranked 53 out of 67 counties and had some of the…
Salzman wants School Superintendent to resign
In letter on her official letter, State Rep. Michelle Salzman has requested the Escambia County School Superintendent Tim Smith resign, stating, “Every day that we prolong this transition to new leadership there…
Florida college enrollment expected to decline
From the News Service of Florida: Enrollment in the Florida college system dropped during the COVID-19 pandemic and is not projected to return to pre-pandemic levels in the coming years, according to…
Reeves calls referendum a ‘political game’
Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves worked to pass the referendum for an appointed school superintendent in 2018 and sees no reason to abandon it after less than three years since the school board…
ReadyKids! and Read Across Pensacola Day
This March, ReadyKids! is thrilled to announce the kick off of National Reading Month with the official proclamation and celebration of Read Across Pensacola Day. Every year on March 2, the National…