Santa Rosa Superintendent of Schools Tim Wyrosdick, Santa Rosa School Board Members, and members of the Santa Rosa Education Foundation announced Elizabeth Mann as the Santa Rosa Teacher of the Year 2021…
Lakeview joins Hazelden Betty Ford Patient Care Network
Press Release: Lakeview Center, an affiliate of Baptist Health Care, has joined the Hazelden Betty Ford Patient Care Network in a collaboration that will expand addiction treatment services for individuals and families…
Which had more debris – downtown Pensacola or Brownsville Northeast
In case, you are wondering. The Pensacola Mayor’s Neighborhood Cleanup focused on downtown Pensacola – south of Cervantes from E Street east to Bayou Texar. The city collected over 51 tons of…
PYP forum – Thursday night
Pensacola Young Professionals will host an expert panel in the fields of healthcare, education, economic development, and housing as they discuss the perception versus reality of these topics in Escambia County. At…
UWF receives $200k gift
Press release: The University of West Florida announced today a $200,000 gift from Roger Hemminghaus to name the Roy and Henrietta (Etts) Hemminghaus Chemistry Lab in the new Laboratory Sciences Annex. The…
LeaP nominations sought
The Pensacola Chamber Foundation has opened nominations process for the Leadership Pensacola (LeaP) Class of 2021. Nominations will be accepted through Feb. 28. Started in 1983, LeaP continues to provide the programming…
Presser Notes: Happy Birthday Mrs. Johnson, Police Training and Pond Sans Park
Before wading fully into his Monday morning presser, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson used the occasion to wish a city resident happy birthday. Francis Johnson is celebrating her 100th birthday this week. “How…
Replacement for Common Core announced
Last Friday, Governor Ron DeSantis and Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran unveiled the proposed Florida Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking (B.E.S.T.) Standards, which will replace Common Core for our public schools. “When I…
Pensacola native, UWF grad named superintendent of R.I. school district
Rhode Island Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green announced Harrison Peters’ appointment as the superintendent of schools for the Providence school district. Peters is the deputy superintendent, chief of schools, for Hillsborough County Public…
U.S. Senators request wrong deputies be honored
U.S. Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott have sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and the Acting Secretary of the Navy, Thomas B. Modly to honor those involved in…
Pensacola’s Rec Plex North parkrun/walk celebrates anniversary
Press release: As we approach the 1st birthday of Pensacola’s Rec Plex North parkrun/walk, (RPN) we want to thank you for your support and share some updates on the impact that the…
Gun violence continues
Pensacola Police have released photographs of two men wanted in connection with a shooting that occurred Wednesday night at a local business on West Garden Street. The incident occurred around 6:50 p.m….
Inweekly.net back up
Inweekly.net was down temporarily while our designers work on plug-in issues. It had it back up by noon yesterday.
School choice supporters lobby for more vouchers, scholarships
School choice advocates rallied outside the Florida Capitol on Tuesday to press lawmakers to increase funding for a scholarship program that helps students with special needs. The rally, organized by Step Up…
Downtown Pensacola safer
The Downtown Improvement Board has continued to invest in technology, partnerships and infrastructure to make the 44-block district safe and secure for those who work, live and play downtown. In December, the…
Escambia has third highest percentage of student vouchers
The Escambia County School District had the third largest percentage of students using vouchers for private schools under the Family Empowerment Scholarship program. This is how the Florida Department of Education describes…
Escambia County public schools didn’t really pick students
When enrollment is broken down for each public school, the Escambia County School District lost students between the falls of 2018 and 2019. The school district had 402 students receive Family Empowerment…
Global Learning has lost 239 students since it opened
When the elementary school opened in the fall 2011, Global Learning Academy was hailed as an innovative education facility. Superintendent Malcolm Thomas closed three inner-city elementary schools to provide students for…
Move to Amend Silent Vigil, tomorrow noon
Move to Amend press release: Our democracy and many of our people are threatened by hidden funding of overly-conservative causes, candidates and groups! The Supreme Court in 2010 gave our Republic’s large…
Santa Rosa picks up 649 new students, Escambia only 167
According to the Florida Department of Education, the Escambia County School District is lagging beyond neighboring Santa County in its growth in enrollment. Escambia County has only 167 more students that…