ECARE is making progress in its quest to prepare children for kindergarten. One promise ECARE made was to provide tutors for children in pre-k classes at Global Learning Academy. While the number…
Category: Education
A. K. Suter construction makes no sense
People are in an uproar over the $25 million proposed road construction on Pensacola Beach, but little is being said about the $21 million the School District wants to spend on a…
Save A.A. Dixon
Superintendent Malcolm Thomas has made it known that he plans to recommend in March that the school board issue A.A. Dixon Charter School of Excellence a 90-day notice of its intent to…
Superintendent misleads PNJ and Board
On Saturday, the daily newspaper reported that “Escambia County School Board members said they were disappointed the district didn’t receive any credit from the school(A.A. Dixon) when the donation (of three school…
Gupta and Vena named Sunshine STEM scholars
Preeyal Gupta of Pensacola High and Roman Vena of Pace High have been named among the Florida Panhandle’s highest achieving science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) students. They will join their peers…
Allegations surface concerning Navarre High baseball coach
The Daily News reported that former Navarre High baseball coach Mickey O’Quinn resigned after allegations of inappropriate behavior surfaced. O’Quinn was being investigated by the school district for “kissing female students, changing…
A.A. Dixon Gets a Set of Wheels
Buses are something that most schools probably take advantage of, however the strain from renting them has cost A.A. Dixon Charter School of Excellence $150,000 a year on transportation. Board President, Rev….
Escambia and Santa Rosa counties lag behind in AP exams
The Flordia Department of Education released an announcement that for the third year in a row, Florida had the highest percentage of high school graduates taking an Advanced Placement (AP) exam while…
Black Man, White Robes
There’s a big difference between Daryl Davis and some of the friends he’s made over the years. He’s black and they were in the Klan. In an effort to explore the issue…
Thomas to spend $16.5 million on new E.Ward Middle
Superintendent Malcolm Thomas is a numbers guy. When dealing with the African-American community, his mantra is always about numbers. He closed Spencer Bibbs rather than upgrade because of attendance. He threatened to…
C-SPAN in Pensacola
You’ve watched it in the middle of the night on television, now come aboard the bus. The C-SPAN Campaign 2012 Bus will be making a couple of stop in Pensacola this Friday….
Elementary Schools Academic rankings
Top 25% Helen Caro #221 Molino Park 236 Suter 294 Pine Meadow 342 Cordova Park 383 Scenic Heights 392 Bratt 402 Top 50% Byrneville 564 Blue Angel 620 Lipscomb 684 Oakcrest 805…