Buzz: Steve Stephens favored for administrator (updated)
Steve Stevens, former CFO for Sheriff Ron McNesby, owner of Cabana Lounge and who failed to get approval of the Florida Senate to sit on…
Miss. letter doesn’t single out race, poor or disabled
Here is the letter used in 2009 by Woolfolk Middle School in Yazoo City, Miss. It appears Superintendent Thomas might have misinterpreted the federal law…
N.B. Cook has problem with black and disabled students
The sentence from Principal Patti Thomas: “At our school two subgroups, Black students and students with Disabilities did not make the AYP target.” Read N.B.Cook…
Sixty-Seven percent of African-American students passed at Cordova Park
We have learned that a letter similar to one we published from Suter Elementary was also sent home by Cordova Park. In checking FCAT scores…
History’s Greatest Book Burners
The Daily Beast has an article by Judith Miller on histories greatest book burnings, which includes: In 1842, Pierre-Armand Dufau, the new director of the…
No Child Left Behind letters in Missouri don’t mention racial groups
The Missouri Department of Education has sample letters for No Child Left Behind and notifying parents about Adequate Yearly Progress. Districts are clearly instructed that:…
How Mobile is spending BP tourism bucks
According to Mobile Press Register, Mobile, Ala. is getting $1.35 million for tourism from the funds BP gave the state of Alabama. Here is how…
Thomas Says Letters Part Of Law
Escambia School Superintendent Malcolm Thomas tells the IN the A.K. Suter Elementary and Cordova Park Elementary parent letters that pinpointed inadequate test scoring for African…
County Closes In On Administrator
The Escambia County Board of Commissioners has narrowed  down its administrator search to  seven candidates. Here they are: (in no particular order) —Oliver, Charles (Randy)…
Taxi Issue Put Off
Yesterday City Council decided to hold off on approving an amendment to an ordinance that would effect taxicab operations. The amendment to Ch. 7-10 of…
Letter singles out African-American and Poor students
Below is a scan of the letter sent home with students that attend A.K. Suter Elementary. The letter is to explain the school’s FCAT grade….
Air tanker decision could be December
Reuters is reporting that the decision on the $40-billion air tanker contract for the Air Force may be delayed until December. This has been going…
Harbinger for Escambia County?
The Tea Party is much more organized in Fort Walton Beach and started to get involved in the local races. Will it move this direction…
Hard Boom Has Been Removed From State Waters
Press Release: All of the hard (containment) boom deployed as part of the federal-led response but now potentially posing more risk than it offers protection…
Hugh Wiggins indicted (updated)
Hugh Wiggins, husband of Pam Wiggins, has been indicted in Miss. as an accessory to the murders of Bud and Melanie Billings. He turned himself…
Mexican Drug Cartel convictions
Several of the suspects in the Billings murders mentioned the Mexican mafia. Here is the latest press release from the U.S. District Attorney: LAST TWO…
Feinberg claims process less responsive
The phones have been ringing off the hook about local businesses still unable to get their claims paid. The new Feinberg process is being overwhelmed…
FWC On Board For Fall Snapper
Today the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission approved a recommendation from the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council to allow a 24-day red snapper…
No Go For Dwight Show
The SMG Group with the Pensacola Civic Center had been in talks of bringing in country artist Dwight Yoakum as part of a TDC funded…
Battle over health plan brewing
Superintendent Malcolm Thomas was elected due largely to the teachers, who wanted a change from the Jim Paul regime. Thomas kept most of the Jim…
