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…
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Appointed Superintendent salaries compared
By Duwayne Escobedo, Inweekly —Patty Hightower spoke to the public for the first time about hiring an appointed superintendent for the Escambia County school system. As part of her PowerPoint presentation, the…
Hightower to speak to Women for Responsible Legislation
Women for Responsible Legislation will hold their monthly meeting on Thursday, Aug. 27, 11:15 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Pensacola City Hall. The speaker this month will be Escambia County School Board…
PS Podcast: Patty Hightower on school safety
On Pensacola Speaks, Patty Hightower, president of the Florida School Board Association and Escambia Co. School Board chairperson discussed HB 19, a measure that would allow school employees to carry guns in…
PS Today: Guns in schools, panhandling and homelessness
Escambia County School Board member Patty Hightower will come on the show @ 5:05 to talk about the House bill passed by committee (HB 19) that will allow school employees and volunteers…
Hightower named to statewide committee on education
Escambia County School Board member Patty Hightower has been appointed by Gov. Rick Scott to a new statewide committee that will explore testing, parent involvement, and other education issues. Hightower is the…
The Dixon Decision
The proposed amendment to A.A. Dixon Charter School of Excellence’s contract with the Escambia County School District is bittersweet. While potentially sparing the charter of closure this month, the amendment throws the…
Hightower on A.A. Dixon
Escambia County School Board member Patty Hightower says she doesn’t know what will happen tonight regarding the future of A.A. Dixon charter school, but noted that a recently added item on the…
Dixon: The End or Beginning?
Rev. LuTimothy May always seems happy to talk about A.A. Dixon Charter School of Excellence. After a disastrous first year, he jumped in last summer to turn around the failing school. “I…
Suter is a headache
Suter Elementary parents refuse to quietly go away….especially when it comes to possible closure of their highly successful, but small, neighborhood school. It could be the issue that undoes Patty Hightower’s re-election…
Local double dippers
The St. Pete Times has reported that a growing number of elected officials are quietly taking advantage of a loophole carved into the state retirement law a few years ago that allows…