Category: Education
Escambia accounts for nearly 20 percent of new A schools
According to the press release from the Florida Department of Education, of Florida’s 2,547 graded elementary, middle and non-high-school combination public schools earning “A” through…
Most improved elementary schools take different paths
The most improved Escambia County elementary schools are Montclair, Weis and Oakcrest. Montclair jumped 155 points, primarily by huge increases in the percentages meeting high…
Low performing Middle Schools slipping further behind
The three lowest performing middle schools in Escambia County are Bellview (447 pts), Warrington (450 pts) and Woodham (453 pts). All three are C schools…
Escambia District returns to B status
The Florida Department of Education has issued its school grades and the Escambia District has returned B status. Last year the district had fallen to…
More students can get out of failing schools
Gov. Rick Scott signed yesterday a bill into law that expands the Opportunity Scholarship program, which allows students to transfer to better-performing public schools. Under…
Unearthing Molino
A major archaeological dig is underway this summer in Molino. UWF students have found evidence of a 1700’s mission and even a 6,000 year old…
Library of Congress Traveling Exhibit coming
Press Release: A special Library of Congress traveling exhibition—mounted in a customized 18-wheel truck—will visit Pensacola for two days during the July 4th weekend. “Gateway…
Student drug testing to cost parents
The Escambia County School Board passed on first reading an amendment to its random student drug testing program which will begin in the fall for…
Pensacola State gets downtown marker
Press Release: Pensacola State College invites the community to the unveiling of a Florida Heritage Site Historical Marker honoring the original home of the college….
School Board to air thoughts on superintendent
Here is something that will never happen in Pensacola, but it should. The St. Pete Times reports that the Pinellas County School Board wants to…
FCAT Science scores a mixed bag
You have to love how the daily newspaper spins the FCAT scores of the Escambia Public School District, without any critical analysis. The paper ignores…
Early learning critical to reading improvement
I received this email from the head of the Early Learning Coalition: Rick, I believe the facts in your 6/2/11 Buzz article are correct. However,…
Warrington Middle’s turnaround still hasn’t happened
Warrington Middle is still struggling. The one bright spot was its FCAT reading score for its eighth grade– 8 percent more scoring 3 or higher….
Escambia Middle Schools have similar results in reading
Warrington Middle finished at the bottom Sixth Seventh Eighth Total STATEWIDE AVG. 67 68 55 190 BROWN BARGE MIDDLE SCHOOL 94 95 84 273 RANSOM…
Four Escambia Middle Schools best state average in math
Escambia County has nine public middle schools. Four of them beat the state average for students who scored 3 or higher on the math portion…
Little or improvement in FCAT math
As with reading, Escambia School District was below the state average for percentage of students who score 3 or above on the math tests. Seventh…
Little improvement in FCAT reading, grades 4-10
The FCAT reading scores show a slight improvement for Escambia County, but all its grades, except for ninth, had a lower percentage of students score…
Buzz: Escambia High in lockdown
A parent just called to tell me that Escambia High School went into lockdown this morning. An armed trespasser was seen on campus. Escambia County…
Video saves Hernando teacher from prosecution
This news story from the St. Pete Times has me wondering if the School District should invest in video cameras in the classrooms, at least…
Buzz: Santa Rosa school district avoids another lawsuit
Did you notice last week that most of the recipients of the administrative raises were female? The word I’m hearing is that discrepancies were so…
