Tag: Escambia County School District
TT: Education
A collection of parents and educators gathered in the Cordova Park Elementary library Tuesday evening to discuss how the city of Pensacola might best improve…
Buzz: Hazing incident leads to suspension of football coach and possibly several players
As the Escambia County School District prepares for National Bullying Prevention Month in October, Pensacola High School is dealing with a hazing in its football…
How new company with no financial history got a $1.9 million school district contract
Last month. Administrative Law Judge R. Bruce McKibben ruled in favor of Pediatric Service of America’s challenge to the Escambia County School District’s awarding its…
Escambia schools still needs teachers, classes start next week
Escambia County schools open in less than a week, and the school district still has teaching openings. To fill the 30 or so jobs, the…
Under 2014 grading scale, Escambia would have 22 ‘F’ schools
In 2015, the Florida Department of Education changed its grading scale for schools to avoid ‘F’ schools in Gov. Rick Scott’s second term, while the…
School District administrators among highest paid in Florida
While school grades have been declining in the Escambia County School District, district administrators are some of the highest paid in the state of Florida,…
Escambia School District has 224 fewer teachers than under Paul
In School Superintendent Jim Paul’s year, the Escambia County School District had 40,924 students and 2,974 total teachers – see Teachers 2008-09. The overall ratio of…
Race to Top did not work, Brownsville, Warrington schools continue to fail
In 2011, the Escambia County School District was awarded an $8.3 million Race to the Top grant. The district was one of 35 in the…
Escambia School District gets B grade
Escambia County School District scored 20 points higher that it did last year and earned 54 percent of the total possible points to achieve a…
School Districts offers instructions for lockdowns
This has been added to the Escambia County School District’s website. What to Expect In the Event of a School Elevated Security Notification: Students Stay…
What is school hardening?
On Thursday, President Donald Trump said he supports “hardened schools” to avoid a repeat of incidents like the mass shootings at a Parkland, Fla. high…
Parents cry out for better communication in wake of school lockdowns
Parents took to Facebook to express their frustration with the lack of communication from School Superintendent Malcolm Thomas and the school district regarding the school…
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