Category: Education
Daily Outtakes: Triumph funds job training, American Magic/UWF WAVE Center
At its meeting in Pensacola on Tuesday, the Triumph Gulf Coast Board approved funds for job training programs in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties and…
Real News: Community Engagement Awards, Early Voting, Argo Football
Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons discussed his foundation’s third annual Community Engagement Awards and his expectations for upcoming budget negotiations for the next fiscal year….
The mystery of Escambia Children’s Trust spending
The public is kept in the dark about how much Escambia Children’s Trust has spent on various programs, how many children were actually helped, and…
Daily Outtakes: Better steward – Children’s Trust or Escambia County BCC?
The Escambia Children’s Trust board decided to delay refunding the Escambia County Community Redevelopment Agencies the tax dollars incorrectly placed in the Trust’s bank account….
Daily Outtakes: Escambia Children’s Trust committee sends $4.2 million program to board
Over the summer, nonprofits have tried to figure out the Escambia Children’s Trust’s (Trust) Healthy Schools Escambia. On Friday, Oct. 4, the Trust’s grant review…
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…
