The Escambia County School Board’s survey is a farce, meant to drag out selection process.
Category: Education
Corcoran pushes changes in state college system
TALLAHASSEE — Florida education czar Richard Corcoran bristles at being called a disrupter. He prefers the gentler label of “transformer,” a brand Corcoran burnished during his two-year tenure as speaker of the…
Grammy artists performs with Hellen Caro choir on Friday
The Hellen Caro Elementary Choir, “Sweet Singers Of the Southâ€, is performing with national recording artist Jon Foreman at the Pensacola Saenger Theatre. Set to perform 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20, Jon…
‘It’s No Joke’ combats rise in school threats
The number of Florida children charged with making school-related threats has steadily increased during the past three years, the state Department of Juvenile Justice said Tuesday as it announced a new awareness…
Economic impact of UWF football
An economic impact analysis completed by the Haas Center at the University of West Florida shows the 2018 football season generated an estimated $9.7 million in sales in Escambia County. The Haas…
UWF finalizes teacher eval tool for Santa Rosa
PRESS RELEASE: The University of West Florida Haas Center has finalized the sale of Professional Educators Assessment and Results System, an electronic teacher evaluation system, to the Santa Rosa County School District…
Hiaasen on fiction writing
Last week, I had the opportunity to talk with newspaper columnist and author Carl Hiaasen about writing fiction. He was in Pensacola for the University of West Florida Seligman First Amendment Lecture…
Berryhill Admin Complex up for sale
Press release: The Santa Rosa County School District, represented by Scoggins III, Inc., is offering the former Berryhill Administrative Complex for sale by bid. In 2018 the SRC School District purchased and…
Online survey re:appointed superintendent
The Appointed Superintendent Search Portal has been opened and includes a survey that can be found by visiting the Escambia County School District’s website, ecsd.fl.schoolloop.com. The survey will be posted under the Quicklinks…
Hiaasen on freedom on speech
Press Release: The University of West Florida will welcome Miami Herald columnist and satirical novelist Carl Hiaasen to Pensacola for one of three public events as part of its Seligman First Amendment Lecture…
Enrollment conundrum solved, still not good
Thanks to public records supplied by the Escambia County School District, Inweekly has found that district’s enrollment is down 977 students in its traditional schools. The district didn’t have available the enrollment…
Saunders’ contract extended
After guiding the University of West Florida to three years of unprecedented success in the Florida Board of Governors performance-based funding model, UWF President Martha D. Saunders was awarded a contract extension…