Playboy magazine’s list of top party schools was released today prior to the magazine’s Friday publication date. No. 1 on Playboy’s list is the University of Colorado, followed by Penn State, Arizona…
Category: Education
New online tool for School District officials
Escambia County Superintendent of Schools Malcolm Thomas has announced that the school district will begin a new training program for deans and principals so that they can recognize the ages of the…
Curb School Violence Initiative
The Escambia County Public School District administration and the School Board need to recognize that the goals of improving academic performance and reducing student violence are tied to each other. We can…
WMS violated Sunshine State Standards for History
According the Sunshine State Standards, middle school students are to be taught American History up to 1880. When the get to high school, the American History moves from the Reconstruction Era forward….
More on Becky bus ride
According to WMS parents, the interviews and reports regarding the infamous Becky bus ride don’t tell the whole story. The Becky Bus Ride happened on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009 when the WMS…
Comparative analysis of Juvenile Justice stats
There are two other medium-size school districts that have high referrals rates to the Department of Juvenile Justice–St. Lucie and Marion. I wanted to see how they handled the School Environmental Safety…
Juvenile Justice stats don’t match District report
The more I dig into crime and violence in Escambia County public schools, the more inconsistencies I find. The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice published late last year “Delinquency in Florida’s Schools:…
School District to install online crimestopper
Superintendent Malcolm Thomas told the daily newspaper that the Escambia County School District will have available next August an online application for anonymously reporting misconduct like bullying, harassment and sexual incidents. Principals…
How Santa Rosa schools handle crime and violence?
I interviewed yesterday Bill Emerson, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment for the Santa Rosa County Public School District, about the School Environmental Safety Incident Report (SESIR) and how his schools…
Jeff Bergosh retrospective (Godzilla audio)
Here is the audio of Jeff Bergosh when he admitted in 2007 that he was the “Godzilla” (135 posts on the PNJ website) and he defends why he didn’t do anything wrong….
Will School Board write an apology letter, too?
The 16-year-old Tate High School student charged with sexual assault of a 14-year-old female student in a classroom has pleaded no contest this morning. He will be on probation until he turns…
WMS Saga: Sex and FCAT
The Warrington Middle School saga continues as more parents and teachers come forward. We have reports of oral sex in a classroom while the teacher was present and another teacher not teaching…