Category: Education
Top Stories of the Week ended Oct. 5
Readers flocked to these stories. 1. Breaking: PNJ paid print distribution tumbles to less than 5K Readers were shocked to see how far paid subscriptions…
Running Wild, West Pensacola Elementary launch Socktober
West Pensacola Elementary School is excited to announce its partnership with Running Wild for our annual “Socktober” sock donation event. From Oct.1 to Oct. 31…
Florida College Accreditation Fight Rejected
By Jim Saunders The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Siding with the Biden administration, a federal judge Wednesday rejected a challenge by Florida to…
Daily Outtakes: School sales tax renewal may have trouble
Few people realize that Escambia County Public Schools have a half-cent sales tax that the district wants voters to renew for another 10 years. A…
WSRE-TV has a busy week – Studio Amped, Lyrics of Light, Road Trip
WSRE has announced the artists selected to perform for the 15th season of the public television station’s “StudioAmped” music series. Six concerts will be presented…
IHMC may study Rick Outzen and make him exercise
Dr. Marcas Bamman has received a $7.7 million award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a clinical trial to determine how people age…
CDC responds, Escambia Children’s Trust program untested
cThe program is based on the CDC’s Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child model. Inweekly asked the CDC to explain the model. The program is…
Daily Outtakes: Brendan Kelly continues to rise
Last week, Dr. Brendan Kelly officially began his appointment as only the third president of the Arkansas State University System. Dr. Kelly has a Pensacola…
School Board Members Shielded in Book Fight
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — A federal judge last week shielded Escambia County School Board members from having to testify…
Real News: Megalopolis, Four Winds, UWF and more
I apologize for not uploading these interviews until today. My Friday was filled with other projects. Francis Ford Coppola’s new movie “Megalopolis” – is it…
Dr. Saunders shares her SOU notes
Because of Hurricane Helene, Dr. Martha Saunders, the president of the University of Florida, did not give her State of the University address on Sept….
Real News: Housing, Murder, Nursing, Voting and more
Mayor D.C. Reeves discusses why he supports the Community Land Trust. A 20-year friendship came to a devastating end when the Letcher Co, Kentucky elected…
Pensacola loves to kill projects, the methods do not change
For the past two weeks, I have researched how Pensacola and Escambia County have studied sports tourism, indoor sports facilities and meeting facilities for the…
Real News: This is the week for National Estuaries, Banned Books
The Pensacola & Perdido Bays Estuary Program (PPBEP) invites the community to celebrate National Estuaries Week from Sept. 21-28. National Estuaries Week is a nationwide…
Presser notes: Parcel 5, Gibson School, Baptist old campus
Mayor D.C. Reeves covered several topics today. WEAR-TV and Inweekly were the only reporters at the press conference. PARCEL 5 “After the conversation about Parcel…
Coastal Systems Training begins Oct. 2
UF/IFAS Escambia Extension is offering a Coastal Systems Training course open to anyone interested in obtaining a hands-on, in-depth education about Florida’s natural environment. The…
UWF Historic Trust unveils Barbara Goggins Train Pavilion
The University of West Florida Historic Trust received a $110,000 gift from the McMillan family and $400,000 from the late Barbara Goggins estate in an…
Girls in Aviation 2024 has a few slots open
The Naval Aviation Museum Foundation, in partnership with Women in Aviation International, is thrilled to announce, “Girls in Aviation Gulf Coast 2024,” an empowering event…
Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child
Escambia County Children’s Trust will soon launch a new program, Healthy School Escambia, based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Whole School, Whole…
The CRA vs. Children’s Trust Conundrum
Escambia County Public Schools performed admirably during the 2023-24 school year based on the Florida Department of Education accountability reports. However, after decades of ranking…
