Tag: Escambia County School District

In his 2004, the school district’s auditor diagramed the relationships in the sale and subsequent lease of the Agnes McReynolds school. Celeste Lewis wore three…

Inweekly has reviewed a May 2004 internal audit report of the Jackie Harris Pyramid School of Learning (JHPSL)- currently called Jacqueline Harris Preparatory Academy. The…

PENSACOLA: A review of four years of audited financial statements of the Jacqueline Harris Preparatory Academy, a charter school founded by former ECUA board member…

The Appointed Superintendent Search Portal has been opened and includes a survey that can be found by visiting the Escambia County School District’s website, ecsd.fl.schoolloop.com.  The…

By Kimberly Sullivan The Escambia County School District recently congratulated itself for the slight increase in the number of A, B and C schools within…

On Thursday, Aug.15, the Escambia County School Board held another workshop to discuss the proposed policies for the appointed superintendent. At the top of the…

Research 101: Solid, documented facts can be found using the “Google Machine.” In 2015, Steven Soules of the University of Central Florida produced “An Evaluation…

The St. Lucie County School District is similar in student population to Escambia County and is ranked #30 in the state. It has an appointed…

At last night’s CivicCon, Dr. Ron Ferguson attributed the success of Chicago Public Schools (CPS) to its focus on quality principals. He mentioned that parents…

Florida statutes limit severance pay to 20 weeks – which explains why the contracts for Escambia County Administrator and St. Johns Superintendent of Schools both…

Inweekly reviewed the school grades and total points earned for the non-charter elementary, middle and high schools in the state of Florida. We ranked them…

Last week, Escambia County School Superintendent Malcolm Thomas told WEAR TV that the district had 18 people being trained as campus safety officers. Today, only nine…

Government officials can always find money for what the items they want to fund. Santa Rosa and Okaloosa school districts have allocated the funds to…

Superintendent Malcolm Thomas defended his rollback of the millage rate to the Pensacola News Journal saying the revenue cut couldn’t have improved teachers’ salaries. Thomas…

Parents have contacted Inweekly about the Escambia County School Board’s vote yesterday to cut the millage from 6.325 in 2018-2019, to 6.043 in 2019-2020. In…

Last year, Marcus May, the founder of Newpoint Education Partners, was convicted of stealing over $5.2 million through a complicated scheme involving Newpoint-managed charter schools…

Escambia County teachers have been sharing their challenges, issues and views on what is happening in their classrooms. The picture that they paint is very…

Around 90 million American workers will require some degree of new training to hold onto their jobs in the near future, according to Andy Van…

The Florida Department of Education issued 2018-19 school and district grades last Thursday. The state focused on “A”’s and “B”’s as the measure for success….

The Escambia County School District earned a B for the 2018-19 school year. However, the district performed poorly when compared to other large school districts…