Tag: Malcolm Thomas
Escambia County third-graders have not gained any ground in five years
The school year 2008-2009 was the last group of third graders who attended class under former Superintendent Jim Paul. Escambia County third-graders did as well…
Inside Warrington Middle School ‘revival’ meeting
Yesterday Superintendent of Schools Malcolm Thomas and County Commissioner Gene Valentino held a town hall meeting to reportedly come up with solutions to revive Warrington…
Commissioner Valentino joins Superintendent Malcolm Thomas for meeting on WMS
Escambia County Commissioner Gene Valentino and Superintendent Malcolm Thomas, Escambia County School District, will hold a community meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 25, at the Warrington…
A year after promises to make schools safer, Thomas starts assessments
In the days after the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Conn., Escambia County Superintendent Malcolm Thomas told the daily newspaper, “We’re going…
Escambia graduation rate up, but still below state rate
More high school students received diplomas this year in Florida, according to a report released yesterday by the Florida Department of Education. FDOE shows 75.6…
Fraud at school cafeterias
Now we know why the Escambia County Public School District set up a toll-free fraud hotline. The daily newspaper reports that an outside audit of…
Searching for Boo Man and AJ
At a press conference held in the media room of Montclair Elementary School, Sheriff David Morgan talked about the recent arrests of nine individual–seven under…
A different take on drug expulsions
The daily newspaper reports that drug expulsions are up in the Escambia County public schools. Superintendnent Malcolm credits his random drug tests, the drug dog…
Molino Park Elementary School vandalized. When will school district improve school security systems?
At the beginning of the year, Superintendent Malcolm Thomas established a task force to come up with measures to improve school security. He asked parents…
Districts across the state look at school safety
The Fort Walton Beach Daily News reports today on a survey regarding school resource officers in the 67 Florida counties that was recently released by…
School District wants you to give your security ideas to principals
Superintendent Malcolm Thomas has formed, as I reported earlier this week, a campus security task force. His office issued this press release on it. He…
Thomas says school marshals may be in the future for Escambia elementary schools
Escambia County School Superintendent Malcolm Thomas told his school board at special workshop on Thursday that he has talked with local law enforcement about establishing…
Superintendent Thomas and School Board to discuss security today at 3 p.m.
At its workshop today, the Escambia County School Board and Superintendent Malcolm Thomas will discuss school security. Chairman Jeff Bergosh has placed on the agenda…
How safe are your kids at school? We don’t know
We asked the Escambia Public School District what schools have surveillance cameras and what schools have access control. We know that some do, but not…
Escambia County losing high school students from year-to-year
There is good and bad news in the Escambia County’s public school enrollment statistics. The district’s enrollment increased by 174 students over the 2011-12 Fall…
School Board approves funds for deputies in elementary schools. Sigh, Okaloosa not Escambia
While Superintendent Malcolm Thomas is forming a task force on school safety, Okaloosa County is moving rapidly ahead on putting deputies in its elementary schools….
First Grade and the Long Day
The Escambia County School District will be taking a couple of new approaches this next school year in an attempt to help students and schools…
Buzz: Kennedy in Pensacola
The civil rights and racial discrimination issues with the Escambia County School District are spiraling out of Superintendent Malcolm Thomas’ control. Attorney Mike Papantonio has…
Appointments Called ‘Bogus,’ ‘Joke’
A number of administrative appointees appeared before the Escambia County School Board yesterday to thank Superintendent Malcolm Thomas for their assignments. None of them were…
Dixon and the District and the ‘Steep Hill’
School district officials wanted to shut it down. It was $100,000 in the hole and labeled as “failing†by the state. But a semester down…
