School board wades into reopening schools

“You’re kind of flying by the seat of you pants.” by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly With the start of the school year just weeks away, local…

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Teachers: ‘Afraid of dying’

“They’re afraid they’ll possibly die.”- Darzell Warren, president of the Escambia Education Association. By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly In August, students in the Escambia County School…

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UWF looking into renaming Wentworth museum

From UWF: Yesterday evening, UWF Historic Trust leadership was made aware of T.T. Wentworth Jr.’s role as a leader in the Ku Klux Klan. This…

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Parents, teachers question plan to reopen schools

By Ana Ceballos, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — As the number of coronavirus cases in Florida continues to climb, local education officials and…

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The Big Back-to-School Experiment

“We expect you to be serious when you make that choice. You’ll be locked in.” – Superintendent Malcolm Thomas by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The upcoming…

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Florida schools ordered to reopen next month

By Ana Ceballos, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran on Monday ordered public schools to reopen in August and offer…

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UWF Songs of Impact winner – video

The original song “Home is where the Heart is” earned more than 1,200 votes in UWF’s Songs of Impact campaign. The winners, UWF senior Delaney…

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UWF requires masks for campus visitors

UWF announces updated visitor guidelines during pandemic   Pensacola, Fla. – June 26, 2020 – The University of West Florida has established new guidelines and…

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Breaking news: Tate High to no longer use Confederate flag on programs

A parent notified Inweekly that the school’s principal called and said they would discontinue the ‘five flags’ Confederate logo immediately, using a ‘T’ temporarily.

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Tate High named for Confederate veteran

Why would the Tate High principal use a logo with a Confederate flag? Its namesake was a Civil War veteran who would tell his students…

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Confederate flag has resurgence in Panhandle

Walmart and NASCAR have banned the Confederate flag. The former Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward and the Escambia County Commission replaced the Confederate flag in the…

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Masks to be required when UWF reopens

The Florida Board of Governors approved the University of West Florida’s Fall 2020 Reopening Plan during its meeting on Tuesday, June 23. The plan was…

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