Category: Education
‘March for Our Lives’ on Saturday
“March For Our Lives” will happen in Pensacola on Saturday, March 24. From the Escambia County Democratic Women’s Club: “The March for Our Lives movement…
UWF Center for Cybersecurity partners with Florida Agency for State Technology
The University of West Florida (UWF) Center for Cybersecurity is partnering with the Florida Agency for State Technology (AST) to provide cutting-edge cybersecurity education and…
Mother says her son was warning of danger, not threatening
The mother of the Booker T. Washington High School student that was arrested last month and charged with threatening the school has told Inweekly that…
Grand jury slams Okaloosa school superintendent
An Okaloosa County grand jury issued a scathing report stating that School Superintendent Mary Beth Jackson failed to satisfy her obligations to provide for the…
The message from Superintendent Thomas today
I wasn’t going to post today because I’m working another project but I was sent the above photo. The deans passed this out as students…
Cyberthon 2018 sets records
More than 300 local students from dozens of schools across Northwest Florida participated in Cyberthon 2018 this past weekend, the fourth annual cybersecurity awareness and…
Essay contest for National Flight Academy scholarships ends March 14
The Studer Foundation is sponsoring an essay contest for 80 middle school students in Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties. The essay contest winners will get…
UWF and NSA announce partnership
The University of West Florida Center for Cybersecurity hit another milestone in its four-year history last week when it announced a partnership with the National…
Florida House passes school-safety bill but not with local help
By Dara Kam THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Editor’s Note: Local representatives – Clay Ingram, Frank White and Jayer Williamson voted against the school-safety bill…
Escambia public school enrollment down
According to the Florida Department of Education, school enrollment dropped in Escambia County by 94 students to 40,292. In the 2007-08 school year, the district…
School Districts offers instructions for lockdowns
This has been added to the Escambia County School District’s website. What to Expect In the Event of a School Elevated Security Notification: Students Stay…
Historical commission rules wreck not famous slave ship Clotilda
Yesterday, the Alabama Historical Commission (AHC), in coordination with the National Park Service (NPS), the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, (NMAAHC),…
Dog House Deli helps Manna #schoolfuel
Dog House Deli will be joining the fight against hunger in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties by launching #schoolfuel next week, March 5-9. When approached…
Cyberthon 2018 will set attendance record
Randy Ramos, CEO of Global Business Solutions, Inc., said this year’s Cyberthon will have over 300 participants. “Besides the 100+ high school and college students…
FAU poll: Scott and Trump lose ground over gun control
In the wake of a mass shooting that took the lives of 17 students and teachers at a South Florida high school, a vast majority…
Area voters want more thorough background checks for guns
Inweekly hired The Political Matrix, a local polling firm, to survey voters in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties to see what they thought was the…
Studer Foundation launches contest to win National Flight Academy scholarship
The Studer Foundation will be providing scholarships for 80 Escambia and Santa Rosa students to go to the National Flight Academy this summer, but each…
Arrest reports regarding school lockdowns
We’ve received emails asserting the post regarding the arrests of a former Pensacola High student and Washington High student isn’t accurate. The post is based…
Guns and school safety occupy Florida politics
On Friday, Florida Gov. Rick Scott held a news conference announcing a plan to revamp state laws after the Feb. 14 mass shooting at Marjory…
School district changes lockdown notification policy
Escambia County School Superintendent Malcolm Thomas yesterday told WKRG that he has changed the school district’s notification policy regarding lockdowns. “We’ll let parents know we…
