Category: Education
UWF Haas Center 5.0 announced
Pensacola, Fla. – August 21, 2019 – The University of West Florida announces the expansion of the UWF Haas Center in its mission to support…
Doing the Super Majority Dance
On Thursday, Aug.15, the Escambia County School Board held another workshop to discuss the proposed policies for the appointed superintendent. At the top of the…
ACT tests lost
NorthEscambia.com has published story about how ACT tests taken by Florida and Alabama students at Escambia County High School in Atmore in June have been…
Profound words from Dr. Dre’
When Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran last Friday traveled to Pensacola to speak to the Panhandle Tiger Bay Club, he brought with him the 2020 Florida…
Has Malcolm Thomas seen this?
Research 101: Solid, documented facts can be found using the “Google Machine.” In 2015, Steven Soules of the University of Central Florida produced “An Evaluation…
St. Lucie also pays 20 weeks severance
The St. Lucie County School District is similar in student population to Escambia County and is ranked #30 in the state. It has an appointed…
CivicCon: Successful school systems let parents hire principals
At last night’s CivicCon, Dr. Ron Ferguson attributed the success of Chicago Public Schools (CPS) to its focus on quality principals. He mentioned that parents…
Law says severance limited to 20 weeks
Florida statutes limit severance pay to 20 weeks – which explains why the contracts for Escambia County Administrator and St. Johns Superintendent of Schools both…
Every Escambia school district has problems
Inweekly reviewed the school grades and total points earned for the non-charter elementary, middle and high schools in the state of Florida. We ranked them…
County administrator has 20-weeks severance, too
Inweekly obtained a copy of Escambia County Administrator Janice Gilley’s contract. She can be terminated for no cause by three commissioners. She is entitled to…
St. Johns School District has a better way
St. Johns County has the top school district in Florida. St. Johns Escambia Students 41,908 39,974 Grade – 2018-19 school year A B Points Earned…
School board wants superintendent that’s nearly impossible to fire
The Escambia County School Board discussed the proposed policies regarding its appointed superintendent at a workshop on August 1. Voters last year passed a referendum…
Campus Security Officers down to nine
Last week, Escambia County School Superintendent Malcolm Thomas told WEAR TVÂ that the district had 18 people being trained as campus safety officers. Today, only nine…
District missed 2018-19 performance goals
On Nov. 13, 2018, the Escambia County School Board approved the district’s Strategic Plan 2018-2019 that set a goal that the district would increase the…
Sheriff fills in for lack of campus security officers
According to Col. Mindy Young, Escambia County School District is down to 13 candidates in training to be campus security officers–a drop from the 18…
Pensacola Entrepreneur Initiative
Effort to be led by D.C. Reeves, co-founder Perfect Plain Brewing Company Press Release: Northwest Florida has many great components to start and grow small…
District chooses to allocate less to teachers’ salaries
Government officials can always find money for what the items they want to fund. Santa Rosa and Okaloosa school districts have allocated the funds to…
Thomas defends millage cut, ignores capital needs
Superintendent Malcolm Thomas defended his rollback of the millage rate to the Pensacola News Journal saying the revenue cut couldn’t have improved teachers’ salaries. Thomas…
Superintendent confirms campus safety problem
Escambia County Superintendent of Schools Malcolm Thomas told WEAR TV that out of the over 100 applicants only 18 passed the screening process to be…
Buzz: District has shortage of campus safety officers
The talk among the sheriff’s deputies is the Escambia County School District may not have enough campus security guards to protect all the district’s public…
