Steinway Artist Kadisha Onalbayeva is the featured performer at Pensacola ComposerFest XIV set for 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14, at Pensacola State College. Onalbayeva will perform seven compositions for the piano at…
Category: Education
Buzz: Hazing incident leads to suspension of football coach and possibly several players
As the Escambia County School District prepares for National Bullying Prevention Month in October, Pensacola High School is dealing with a hazing in its football program. Last Thursday’s junior varsity game was…
Poll: Williams urging past Elder in School Board District 3 race
According to an Inweekly/Political Matrix poll of 370 likely District 3 voters, Larry Williams Sr. is leading Laura Edler in the Escambia County School Board run-off to be held in November. Edler…
Poll: Fetsko leads School Board District 2 race
According to an Inweekly/Political Matrix poll of 394 likely District 2 voters, Paul Fetsko has a large lead in the race for school board with 44 percent still uncertain who will…
Report details charter school closures
by Lloyd Dunkelberger, The News Service of Florida — A new report from a Tallahassee-based research group raises questions about the growing role of charter schools in Florida, including citing the closure…
UWF adds cybersecurity degree
The University of West Florida has added a bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity this fall, enhancing its nationally designated program, making it the first university in Florida to offer a a with a…
2018 Congressional App Challenge set for Oct. 27
Congressman Matt Gaetz this morning announced the 2018 Congressional App Challenge (CAC), a competition for students in middle and high school. The CAC accepts computer programs (or apps) written in any programming…
Over $273K spent in mayoral primary, over $826K in local primaries
Local candidates have spent $826.380 for the Aug. 28 primary. The most expensive race, through Aug. 24 campaign election reports, is the Pensacola mayor’s race – $273,532.88. Councilman Brian Spencer, who…
UWF football game on Cox
The University of West Florida, ranked number two in the country, will open their season Thursday night at Blue Wahoos Stadium in downtown Pensacola against #22 Carson-Newman. The top 25 matchup will…
Documentary: ‘Backpack Full of Cash’ on Sept. 24
“Backpack Full of Cash” is an award-winning documentary narrated by Matt Damon. Â It explores our national traditional public school systems under attack by those who would privatize and turn the Education Budget…
How new company with no financial history got a $1.9 million school district contract
Last month. Administrative Law Judge R. Bruce McKibben ruled in favor of Pediatric Service of America’s challenge to the Escambia County School District’s awarding its nearly $1.9-million student health services contract to…
‘Eye the Sky’ may patrol city streets soon
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward and IHMC today announced a partnership between IHMC and the Pensacola Police Department to develop a police drone program to help with search and rescue, disaster response, fugitive…