Category: Education
ST Engineering shows commitment to training with scholarship fund
In support of the local community and the growing aviation industry of the City of Pensacola and Florida, ST Engineering has set up the Pensacola…
Andrade town hall report
By Duwayne Escobedo, Inweekly –Freshman state Rep. Alex Andrade gathered District 4 elected officials Tuesday for a Town Hall meeting to discuss much-needed improvements. About…
Supreme Court impanels grand jury on school safety
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Granting a request by Gov. Ron DeSantis, the Florida Supreme Court on Monday impaneled a…
Mediocrity reigns in school district
This week the Escambia County School Board voted to yet again shutter another school – McMillian Pre-K Center. Since 2008, the district has shut down…
Escambia County School District out of step
The Escambia County School District is out of step with the rest of the state when it comes to the top priorities in public education–Pre-K…
DeSantis wants grand jury probe of school safety
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — On the eve of the one-year anniversary of Florida’s deadliest school shooting, Gov. Ron DeSantis…
Ford Named to National AI Commission
By Duwayne Escobedo, Inweekly –Dr. Ken Ford and 14 others were named to the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence and have two years to…
Appointed Superintendent salaries compared
By Duwayne Escobedo, Inweekly —Patty Hightower spoke to the public for the first time about hiring an appointed superintendent for the Escambia County school system….
Workman bans cell phone use
Over the past year, parents have talked about getting calls from their frightened children when Workman Middle School has gone under a lockdown. According to…
Buzz:Workman Middle locked down UPDATE
Workman Middle School has been locked down again. Students have been using their cell phones to call parents in hopes of finding out why. A…
TT: Education
A collection of parents and educators gathered in the Cordova Park Elementary library Tuesday evening to discuss how the city of Pensacola might best improve…
UWF helps displaced Va. College students
The University of West Florida Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Complete Florida will host a Drop-In Transfer Day on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, providing personalized…
PSC president tapped for transition
Pensacola State President Ed Meadows has been tapped to join Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis transition education and workforce advisory committee, along with former Florida Senate President…
DJJ: Workman leads middle schools in arrests
According to Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, Workman Middle had more arrests, 25, than other middle school in Escambia County, and the second most of…
More than dozen assaults at Workman reported
Since Workman Middle School held at its first day of class this semester through November, the school had 13 fights that were so violent that…
Correction: Workman student charged
Yesterday, we reported that the black student was caught on video kicking a white classmate had not been charged and was given a 10-day suspension…
Safety panel: Schools need ‘culture change’
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida — Safe corners in classrooms, locked or staffed doors and gates and “Code Red†policies are some…
PPD has been called to Workman 52 times
According to public records, the Pensacola Police Department has been called out to Workman Middle 52 times since Aug. 1. That’s an average of 2.74…
Workman teachers silenced
Inweekly has been told that Vicki Gibowski, the director of Middle School Education for the Escambia County School District, met with teachers at Workman Middle School…
‘Alarming’ kick allegedly spurred by ‘N’ Word
By Duwayne Escobedo, Inweekly WEAR and WKRG last weekend reported “alarming†violence at Workman Middle School between two eighth grade boys. Both TV stations said…
