It took awhile but the Escambia County Public School District got word today that it will get $8,373,647 in Race to Top funds. Press Release: Five additional school districts have been awarded…
Category: Education
Spencer Bibbs has amazing FCAT successes
At Spencer Bibbs, the third grade reading scores are up 69 percent since 2007, jumping the percentage of those scoring a three over above from 36 to 61. The third grade reading…
Spencer-Bibbs on chopping block
At the school board workshop yesterday, Superintendent Malcolm Thomas brought the recommendation from the School Attendance Zone Advisory Committee to close Spencer Bibbs and divide those students between the new downtown school…
UWF fails to make best value list
Six Florida public universities are listed among the 100 `best values’ by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance. 2. The University of Florida 11. New College of Florida 20. Florida State University 33. University of…
Malcolm Thomas isn’t going to like this article
Escambia Superintendent of Schools Malcolm Thomas has been telling community leaders that four Escambia County high schools scored well enough to be “A” schools….they aren’t but that doesn’t stop him from trying…
Thomas sets record for explusions
Escambia County Superintendent of Schools Malcolm Thomas has set a five-year record for the most expulsion recommendations in a single month: 22 in August 2010. The previous record was 18 expulsion recommendations…
Thomas must give back grant funds
The Escambia County School Board will discuss at its Dec. 14 regular meeting the audit of the Restorative Justice Grant, the $945,000 three-year grant that Superintendent Malcolm Thomas recommended the board cancel…
Santa Rosa FCAT GPA 3.67
Milton High jumped from a D to A school based on FCAT scores. Jay & Gulf Breeze maintained their A’s. Central maintained its B. Pace went from B to A and Navarre…
Escambia County has slight in high school FCAT grades, thanks to Northview
Escambia County high school FCAT grades dropped at Escambia High (from C to D) and Pine Forest (from C to D). Northview High jumped from a D to B. Washington improved from…
School Board agenda – light
The Escambia County School Board meet tonight at the Hall Center at 5:30 p.m. On the agenda, the board will vote to purchase 20 modular classrooms for Blue Angel, Pleasant Grove and…
Thomas sang a different tune in February
Commercial realtor Danny Zimmern told the school board that current real estate market obviously isn’t very good. He admitted that there have been zero sales in the past year that match up…
Thomas rejects church offer for Brownville Middle School (updated)
Escambia County Superintendent of Schools Malcolm Thomas told the School Board that he had rejected an offer from Friendship Missionary Baptist Church of $500,000 for the Brownville Middle School. Thomas told the…