For another year, the Escambia County School District has been awarded a five-year, $1.5 million dollar grant from the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Partnership that will focus on improving the social emotional well-being of transitioning military connected students in the district.
Project “Smooth Sailing – Making Transitions a Breeze†is designed to increase the level of social emotional support for military dependent students at five targeted schools that have a high percentage of military connected student enrollment: Blue Angels Elementary, Hellen Caro Elementary, Pleasant Grove Elementary, Jim C. Bailey Middle and Escambia High School. These five schools will institute school-wide programs that create a culture that is supportive for all its students while recognizing and working to minimize the unique stressors of its military connected students as they transition into or out of the district as well as from grade level to grade level.
The School District received a similar grant last year – the program was called “Flying in Diamond Formation:Students Transitioning and Soaring Together.”
In 2014, the grant was for $1.6 million. In 2012, the grant was for $1.35 million.
Blue Angels Elementary and Hellen Caro Elementary are B schools. Pleasant Grove Elementary, Jim C. Bailey Middle, and Escambia High are C schools.
The enrollment for these has been flat for the past four years:
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