Titles Focus on Sex, Gender by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The Escambia County School District may be removing three more books from availability this week, as officials continue the process of reviewing potentially…
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School District drops closed session of Joint Military Council
Inweekly won a small victory for open meetings. The Escambia County School District has opened the first hour of its ECSD-NAS Pensacola Joint Military Council meeting after the newspaper asked the State…
School district won’t give exemption for closed meeting
On Monday, Oct. 12, the Escambia County School District announced the district and Naval Air Station Pensacola would hold a meeting of the ECSD and NASP Joint Military Council on Oct. 22,…
Schools to stay closed on Wednesday
Escambia County (FL) District Schools Remain Closed Due to Hurricane Sally on Tuesday, Sept. 15 and Wednesday, Sept. 16 Superintendent Malcolm Thomas has announced that Escambia County School District schools and administrative…
Superintendent Selection Shake-up
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The Escambia County School District has selected a new superintendent. School board members voted Tuesday night to bring Dr. Timothy A. Smith to town to act as the…
Safe school bus travel
The Escambia County School District’s Transportation Department has posted a video about Covid-19 precautions on www.escambiayellow.com. “Our buses transport precious cargo, your children, and transporting them safely is our top priority,†said Darlene…
Teachers: ‘Afraid of dying’
“They’re afraid they’ll possibly die.”- Darzell Warren, president of the Escambia Education Association. By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly In August, students in the Escambia County School District will be returning to school in…
School bond ratings revised to ‘negative’ outlook
Fitch Ratings is concerned about the future of the Escambia County School District’s finances because of the COVID-19 pandemic. We can expect other municipal bond ratings to have similar outlooks. Fitch Ratings…
Buzz: Keith Leonard has inside track to be next superintendent
“Don’t believe the narrative that the next head of the Escambia County School District will come from outside the district,” – that’s what school district insiders have told Inweekly. Keith Leonard has…
Escambia County’s Class of 2019 lost 20 percent its freshman-year class.
The Escambia County School District lost 680 students from its 2015-16 freshman class when it came time to calculate the Class of 2019 graduation cohort –a 20.2% decline. This happened despite the…
Text of 2018 offense report: allegations of molestation, extortion
Here is the text of the April 2018 offense report concerning an investigation of then-Escambia teacher Susan Weddle for “possible Lewd and Lascivious molestation” and her countercharge that she was being extorted….
Escambia County teacher’s arrest – international news story
The arrest of Escambia County teacher Susan Weddle has become a national story. Â However, few have picked up that the Escambia County School District investigated the teacher for similar misconduct in April…
District knew about teacher’s alleged sexual escapades in 2018, school principal 2017
The arrest of Escambia County School District special education teacher, Susan Weddle, for allegedly having a sexual relationship with one of her son’s teenage friends for more than a year has become…
McReynolds Switcheroo: How to make money on a charter school
Summary Jacqueline Harris Preparatory Academy:Â In August 2002, the Escambia County School Board voted to sell its McReynolds school property to the charter school for its appraised value. School founder Celestine Lewis switched…
Exclusive: NAS CO advocates for military families
Commanding Officer of Naval Air Station Pensacola Capt. Tim Kinsella has expressed concerns about the quality of local education and the impact that has on military families serving in the area. On…
Five community forums on appointed superintendent
Patty Hightower, chair of the School Board of Escambia County, and Malcolm Thomas, Superintendent of Schools, announced the schedule for five Community Forums planned to give everyone a chance to share their…
Secretary of the Navy stressed local education last year
While Superintendent of Schools Malcolm Thomas scoffed at commanding officer at NAS Pensacola for telling local business leaders that service people are hesitant to move to Escambia County because of its weak…
Buzz: Easy A’s at Pine Forest High
The buzz in high schools in the area is how much easier it is for students to get A’s at Pine Forest, one of the county’s lowest performing high schools. The school…
‘Celebrating’ mediocrity in public education
In response to the NAS Pensacola Commanding Officer’s request for business leaders to help develop better public schools in Escambia County for military families, School Superintendent Malcolm Thomas said, “Ninety-two percent of…
NAS Pensacola CO fed up with poor Escambia County public education
At last Thursday’s State of the Military luncheon hosted by the Greater Pensacola Chamber, NAS Pensacola Commanding Officer Captain Tim Kinsella made it clear that Escambia County’s public education system is one…
