Category: Education
Daily Outtakes: Banned Books Giveaway
Push Back Open Books & Prison Book Project and Inweekly have launched a Banned Books Giveaway that will hand out at this year’s PensaPride festival…
City receives funds for Miraflores Burial Ground Study
The City of Pensacola has been selected to receive a $22,160 grant from the National Park Service to fund a ground penetrating radar survey at…
Podcast: Banning Books, Mental Health
A TEAM Approach Yesterday, I interviewed Judge JJ Frydrychowicz about Escambia County T.E.A.M. Court Program and its possible expansion. The Escambia County T.E.A.M. Court Program…
Daily Outtakes: Talking with Tim
Mentor: Malcolm Thomas I interviewed Superintendent Tim Smith yesterday and asked if he felt his predecessor, Malcolm Thomas, was undermining his leadership. “No, he was…
Reeves ready for more economic development
Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves is ready to launch the next phase of the city’s economic development. Why this matters: Coming off his success in getting…
Faculty censured New College board
The vast majority of faculty at New College of Florida voted in favor of 13 complaints against the college’s Board of Trustees About 80% of…
Daily Outtakes: Team Leonard campaign
People inside and outside the Escambia County School District are working hard behind the scenes to ensure Keith Leonard is the next school superintendent before…
School start time changes raise questions
Beginning with 2026 school year, Florida middle schools will be prevented from beginning the “instructional day” earlier than 8 a.m., while high schools will be…
Viewpoint: We need less politics in education
From Grover Robinson: The bad thing about being a former elected official is people approach you with community problems hoping you might fix them. The…
Podcast: Why sue Escambia County School Board
Protect Democracy is partnering with PEN America on the federal lawsuit against the Escambia School Board for its removals and restrictions of books from school…
Hear about Book Ban lawsuit Friday a.m.
At 7 a.m. Friday on WCOA, my guest will be Shalini Agarwal, the counsel for Protect Democracy, the organization partnering with PEN America on the…
Podcast: Schoolhouse Rocked
On WCOA this morning, I recapped the vote to oust School Superintendent Tim Smith and shared the buzz flying around in its aftermath. It’s worth…
Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity
The University of West Florida Center for Cybersecurity highlighted the success and impact of the National Cybersecurity Workforce Development Program at a showcase held at…
Postmortem with School Board members
Yesterday, Inweekly reached out to Escambia County School Board members for their thoughts in the wake of the abrupt firing of School Superintendent Tim Smith….
Foo Foo doles out $500K
Yesterday, the Pensacola Foo Foo Festival Committee announced the public grant scoring for the 10-year anniversary of the Foo Foo Festival, naming 15 grant recipients…
Daily Outtakes: Tim Smith’s passion
School Superintendent Tim Smith didn’t sit quietly while he waited for Escambia County School Board members Paul Fetsko, Kevin Adams, and David Williams to fire…
Buzz: Leonard has not accepted interim position
District 5 school board member Bill Slayton says he has heard Keith Leonard isn’t sure he wants to be the interim school superintendent. This morning,…
School board sued for banning books
When It Rains, It Pours National attention poured on Escambia County School Board’s book banning The Washington Post reports Penguin Random House has filed a…
Daily Outtakes: Superintendent Canned
Hours after being berated by the State Board of Education, the Escambia County School Board voted 3-2 to terminate School Superintendent Tim Smith’s contract and…
School board risks paychecks
The State Board of Education ruled that Escambia County Public Schools has 48 hours to sign a contract with Charter Schools USA to operate Warrington…
