Category: Education
Daily Outtakes: How to better spend $5 million
The community is divided over the Escambia Children’s Trust, especially since last Tuesday’s program committee workshop regarding the Out-of-School Time grants. Other nonprofits have questioned…
UWF Women in Leadership Conference info
The University of West Florida’s Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz Center for Leadership, housed in the College of Business, will host the 10th annual Women…
PSC nonprofit certification deadline Jan. 1
The Pensacola State College Center for Nonprofit Excellence and Philanthropy certification program ensures that applicants meet federal, state and local regulations while adhering to the…
UDC dance
The Urban Development Center fought to keep its Escambia Children’s Trust grant – $1.2 million over three years – at the ECT program committee’s workshop…
Children’s Theater Company called out for ‘blatant lies’
When the Escambia Children’s Trust’s program committee met this morning, the leaders of the Children’s Theater Company (CTC), Eric Dozier and Mehr Mansuri, tried to…
Escambia names 10 finalist for Teacher of the Year
The Office of Community Involvement for the Escambia County (FL) Public Schools is proud to announce the Top 10 Teachers of the Year Nominees. Nominated…
Daily Outtakes: Important meetings today
Escambia County, City of Pensacola, Opening Doors Northwest Florida have been on the path to revamp the Continuum of Care, which receives federal and state…
More schools gain Purple Star status
Eleven additional Escambia County Public Schools have been recognized by the Florida Department of Education as Purple Star Schools of Distinction during the 2023-2024 school…
Tough decisions for Children’s Trust
It’s time to renew the $5.1 million in grants for out-of-school time (OST) programs provided by 19 providers. Escambia Children’s Trust (ECT) created the Out-of-School…
Teachers Union gets pay raise
From the Escambia County School District: On November 15, Escambia County Public Schools, the Escambia Education Association (EEA), and the Union of Escambia Education Staff…
Daily Outtakes: Trust dumpster fire
We were promised that Escambia Children’s Trust would spend the taxpayers’ money wisely and have systems in place to ensure accountability. If Tuesday night’s meeting…
Foo Foo celebrates
In celebration of the 10-year anniversary of the Pensacola Foo Foo Festival, the event’s inaugural Committee members and grant recipients from 2014 recently gathered with…
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