Category: Education
Enrollment drop largest in recent memory
If the enrollment number that Superintendent Malcolm Thomas gave the News Journal are accurate, the Escambia County School District has experienced the largest drop in…
Escambia school enrollment down
According to the Florida Department of Education, school enrollment is down 3,084 students for Escambia County, contrary to today’s News Journal article. At this time…
Crush the Crisis
On Saturday, September 7, West Florida Hospital will host “Crush the Crisis,†an opioid take back event with the goal of collecting and properly disposing…
School foundation gets new leader
The Escambia County Public Schools Foundation to announced the selection of Kristie Kelley as its new executive director. Kelley served on the ECPS Foundation Board…
Viewpoint: Teachers need more support
By Kimberly Sullivan The Escambia County School District recently congratulated itself for the slight increase in the number of A, B and C schools within…
Corcoran shakes up disabilities organization
By Ana Ceballos, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran has threatened a criminal investigation into a state organization that…
Florida Board of Accountancy announces Clay Ford Scholarship Recipients
he Florida Board of Accountancy (FBA), a professional regulation board of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR), today announced the 2019 recipients of…
UWF Haas Center 5.0 announced
Pensacola, Fla. – August 21, 2019 – The University of West Florida announces the expansion of the UWF Haas Center in its mission to support…
Doing the Super Majority Dance
On Thursday, Aug.15, the Escambia County School Board held another workshop to discuss the proposed policies for the appointed superintendent. At the top of the…
ACT tests lost
NorthEscambia.com has published story about how ACT tests taken by Florida and Alabama students at Escambia County High School in Atmore in June have been…
Profound words from Dr. Dre’
When Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran last Friday traveled to Pensacola to speak to the Panhandle Tiger Bay Club, he brought with him the 2020 Florida…
Has Malcolm Thomas seen this?
Research 101: Solid, documented facts can be found using the “Google Machine.” In 2015, Steven Soules of the University of Central Florida produced “An Evaluation…
St. Lucie also pays 20 weeks severance
The St. Lucie County School District is similar in student population to Escambia County and is ranked #30 in the state. It has an appointed…
CivicCon: Successful school systems let parents hire principals
At last night’s CivicCon, Dr. Ron Ferguson attributed the success of Chicago Public Schools (CPS) to its focus on quality principals. He mentioned that parents…
Law says severance limited to 20 weeks
Florida statutes limit severance pay to 20 weeks – which explains why the contracts for Escambia County Administrator and St. Johns Superintendent of Schools both…
Every Escambia school district has problems
Inweekly reviewed the school grades and total points earned for the non-charter elementary, middle and high schools in the state of Florida. We ranked them…
County administrator has 20-weeks severance, too
Inweekly obtained a copy of Escambia County Administrator Janice Gilley’s contract. She can be terminated for no cause by three commissioners. She is entitled to…
St. Johns School District has a better way
St. Johns County has the top school district in Florida. St. Johns Escambia Students 41,908 39,974 Grade – 2018-19 school year A B Points Earned…
School board wants superintendent that’s nearly impossible to fire
The Escambia County School Board discussed the proposed policies regarding its appointed superintendent at a workshop on August 1. Voters last year passed a referendum…
Campus Security Officers down to nine
Last week, Escambia County School Superintendent Malcolm Thomas told WEAR TVÂ that the district had 18 people being trained as campus safety officers. Today, only nine…
