The Florida Department of Education released the Preliminary Informational Baseline grades for the 2015 school year. Santa Rosa earned an A with 477 points; Escambia earned a B with 379 points. Santa…
Tag: Escambia County School District
Escambia Superintendent testifies on school construction bill
Escambia School Superintendent Malcolm Thomas testified yesterday before the House Appropriations Committee on HB 837 that would change how public school districts use taxpayer money to fund construction projects, while making it…
Escambia County senior classes lose over 30 percent between ninth and twelfth grades
The enrollment of the Escambia County School District has been relatively stable for several years, losing only 14 students between the 2012-13 and 2015-16 school years. However, the high school enrollment dropped…
Manilow Music Project: Tickets for used musical instruments
Singer-songwriter Barry Manilow hopes others will once again follow his philanthropic lead as he brings his Manilow Music Project to the Escambia County School District in Florida. The pop icon plans to…
Inside hazing
In today’s daily newspaper, School Superintendent Malcolm Thomas described the incident involving West Florida High football players on a school bus as hazing. The father of one of the victims, a JV…
West Florida High hazing investigation focuses on wrong targets
Last Thursday morning, the National Movement for Civil and Human Rights, NAACP, and Southern Christian Leadership ConferenceLast Friday held a press conference in a church parking lot across the street from the…
Podcast: Bergosh floored by Pell Grant $500K blunder
On Wednesday, we reported that the Escambia County School District had mishandled Pell Grant disbursements and will have to pay back to the U.S. Department of Education $506,456. School Board member Jeff…
Evidence against Newpoint schools compelling
For an hour and 45 minutes, Escambia County School District staff went over evidence at Friday’s school board workshop that documented the district’s case to terminate the contracts of Newpoint Pensacola High,…
Pensacola Speaks: Why is PATS Center important
On Pensacola Speaks, we will talk about the PATS Center. PATS stands for Program for Academically Talented Students. For nearly 50 years, gifted students have been bused to the PATS Center one…
New app allows for cyberbullying, according to School District
Malcolm Thomas, Superintendent of the Escambia County School District, issued a press release today that his some of his middle school and high school students are using an app “After School –…
School growth continues on west side of Escambia County
Every October the Escambia County School District reports its student enrollment for its public schools, special needs facilities and charter schools. The enrollment for its regular schools is down slightly– 42 student…
District reaches agreement with Teachers union on pay raise
The Escambia County School District and the Escambia Education Association (EEA) and the Union of Escambia Education Support Personnel (ESP) announced this afternoon that a collective bargaining agreement has been reached to…