Category: Education
Board approves Corcoran salary
From The News Service of Florida: The state university system’s Board of Governors on Wednesday approved a contract for Richard Corcoran to lead New College…
ECT: A failure to connect
The Escambia Children’s Trust’s executive director, Tammy Greer, appeared before the school board on Monday and responded to criticism that the ECT only awarded two…
Superintendent pushed to pull books without board vote
School Board Yanks Three More Books By Jeremy Morrison Before getting down to tossing three more titles out of the Escambia County School District, school…
Teen girls struggling with mental health after pandemic
According to new CDC data released last week, nearly three in five U.S. teen girls felt persistently sad or hopeless in 2021, double that of…
Escambia may nix three more books
Titles Focus on Sex, Gender by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The Escambia County School District may be removing three more books from availability this week, as…
Sign up for Summer Youth Internships
Applications Now Open for 2023 Summer Youth Employment Program Applications are now open for the Escambia County Summer Youth Employment Program. Applications are accepted beginning…
Pensacola Children’s Chorus partners with Parks & Rec
A new partnership between Pensacola Children’s Chorus (PCC) and the City of Pensacola will bring three new and completely free singing programs to the city’s…
Pensacola Christian cancels concert over ‘concerns’ about lifestyle of members
The King’s Singers have revealed that their concert scheduled for last Saturday at Pensacola Christian College was canceled due to homophobia, after a “flood of…
Breaking: ECT approves $5.1 million for out-of-school programs
Six board members showed up for the February regular meeting of the Escambia Children’s Trust board. The short-handed group voted to hand out $5,104,482 in…
By The Numbers: Children’s Services Summary, January 2023
Children’s Services Summary January 2023 113 Children Served Child Protective Investigators – Department of Children & Families 31 New investigations of child sexual abuse, severe…
Wooden ship tours in March
Pensacola Waives Dock Fees for Public Education by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly As Pensacola attempts to position itself as a player in the world of sailing…
Parkland shooting ‘Feels Like Five Minutes Ago’
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Five years after a mass shooting that shook Florida, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and…
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