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The Office of Special Education is working to locate and evaluate students, ages 3-21, who may have a disability under the Individuals with Disabilities Act.If you suspect that your child might have a disability please contact the Office of Special Education.You may call the office at 251-296-0633 or email Suzanne Barnett at suzanne.barnett@escoschools.net for more information.

By RANDY TATANOSpecial to Atmore News Imagine if you sat down to take a standardized test and found a note of encouragement from Mom and Dad.That was just one of the inspirational messages in Escambia County Elementary Schools as students in grades 2-8 took the ACAP (Alabama Comprehensive Assessment Program) test, which grades children in English Language Arts, Reading, Math and Science.Last year Flomaton Elementary had the county’s best score…

By RANDY TATANO Flomaton’s baseball players will no longer have to change into their uniforms in the parking lot. That’s because they’ll be getting an actual locker room next to the field.Escambia County Schools Deputy of Operations Shaun Goolsby set out to do some serious remodeling on the baseball complex. The outfield wall needed repair, while some fences were falling apart. The bathrooms and concessions stands needed major updating as…

More than 65 friends and family members of Tawanna Thomas gathered at Encore on Saturday, March 25, to celebrate Ms. Thomas’ 63rd birthday. Among those in attendance were the birthday girl’s sons, Eugene Thomas Jr. and Alex David Thomas Jr., as well as her grandson, Alex David Thomas III, two granddaughters, Vytiyana Thomas and Amahti Thomas, and her great-niece, Kayla Norman. Shown with Ms. Thomas in photo are, standing from…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Escambia County High’s baseball team ended last week the way it had started, still searching for its elusive first win of the season after dropping both ends of a March 16 doubleheader to T.R. Miller.The Blue Devils fell in the first game of the twin bill by a 13-3 score and were swamped 20-2 in the nightcap as the team’s inexperienced pitching staff continued to…