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ECHS on failing school list
News Staff Report Escambia County High School has been listed by state education officials as a failing school and has been given an “F” in the second year of using a letter grade to assess the success or failure of individual schools. The grade is particularly tough to take this year since the school has shown overall improvement in other testing. In addition, ECHS has a 93 percent graduation rate…
by Atmore News access_time8 years ago
Drive sober or get pulled over
As part of the national Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign that runs through New Year’s Day, the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) will concentrate its enforcement efforts on impaired driving throughout Florida. FHP joins law enforcement and highway safety agencies across the nation to remove impaired drivers from roadways in an effort to save lives. “Impaired driving puts drivers, passengers and pedestrians at risk, and each year it claims…
by Atmore News access_time8 years ago
Accident at Main and Craig … again
An Atmore man was taken by ambulance to Atmore Community Hospital on Thursday, Dec. 15, after a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Craig and Main streets. According to Atmore Police Department reports, both vehicles were traveling along Main Street in opposite directions, shortly after 8 a.m. Marshall Harmon, 74, attempted to turn his 1995 Ford pickup left onto Craig Street and pulled into the path of a 2012 Mazda…
by Atmore News access_time8 years ago
Juvenile escapee recaptured – Girlfriend arrested
A teen who escaped Friday morning from a juvenile detention facility in Gadsden was recaptured Friday afternoon near Huxford. According to a press release from the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, county authorities were notified of the escape around 9 a.m., Friday, December 16, by officials of the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office who had received information that the juvenile might be in the Huxford community. Deputies responded to the area, along…
by Atmore News access_time8 years ago
BOE approves personnel recommendations Reid named RP interim
The Escambia County Board of Education considered and approved personnel recommendations by Superintendent John Knott at the regular BOE meeting Thursday, December 15. On motion by board member Coleman Wallace, the recommendation for temporary employment of Sandra Reid was held out for discussion in executive session. Reid has been filling the principal’s position at Rachel Patterson Elementary School since Stephanie Jackson resigned as principal in October. Reid has been also…
by Atmore News access_time8 years ago