IN reporter Jeremy Morrison interviewed Escambia County Superintendent of Schools Malcolm Thomas today about the School Board tomorrow on whether to close the A.A. Dixon charter school. Thomas predicts the struggling school…
Category: Education
Buzz: Superintendent Thomas withheld Title I funds from Dixon Charter School
One of the big justifications for closing A.A. Dixon Charter School is that it had nearly $100,000 operating deficit in its first school year, 2010-2011. The IN has learned that the School…
Buzz: GLA getting portables
My earlier buzz item has spurred a flurry of text messages and emails. The Global Learning Academy has taken in so many students from outside of its attendance zone that they are…
Buzz: Thomas out to close A.A. Dixon
The word from the Pace Boulevard Palace (Escambia Co. School Administration office) is Superintendent Malcolm Thomas has made up his mind about closing the A.A. Dixon Charter School. Even though Thomas and…
Arby’s Hometown Hero: Dylan Dalrymple
Pensacola High School IB Student Dylan Dalrymple has been recognized as an Arby’s Hometown Hero.
Percentage taking ACT drops significantly at Pine Forest
State Senator Don Gaetz talks about the importance of encouraging all seniors to attend college, two and four years colleges. He measured it by how many seniors took the ACT exam. Pine…
Another abandoned school eyesore
This is the one that you have seen for decades from I-110 Southbound. The building was once a school (J. Lee Pickens School), then the Textbook Depository. You will find it stinking…
ACT Scores: Gulf Breeze tops area
Gulf Breeze High School led the area in ACT scores for the 2010-2011 school year. Pensacola High has the highest scores for the Escambia County public school system. One surprise is the…
Brownsville Middle School continues to deteriorate (photos)
While Mayor Hayward and the City are dealing with the old Blount school, Brownsville Middle School on West Avery Street remains abandoned. I visited the school during lunch. Three trailers are parked…
UWF welcomes 12,021 students
UWF meets goal of 12K students on campus a year ahead of schedule. – Press Release: The University of West Florida (UWF) welcomed to campus 12,021 students today, a full year ahead…
Why did PNJ place pressure on 3rd graders?
Today’s front-page headline of the Pensacola News Journal states the third graders face “crunch time” because this is the first year that these eight and nine year olds will have to take…
Go, Judy, go
Press Release: UWF President appointed to NCAA Division II Presidents Council – University of West Florida (UWF) President Judith A. Bense has been elected as the Region 2 representative of the National…