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BOE approves personnel recommendations
News Staff Report The Escambia County Board of Education approved the following personnel recommendations by Superintendent John Knott at the board meeting Monday, April 22. Retirement 1. Terri Parkinson, secretary / bookkeeper, Flomaton High School, effective June 1, 2019 2. Alice Hall, seven-hour custodian, Huxford Elementary School, effective July 1, 2019 3. Connie Waller, seven-hour custodian, Huxford Elementary School, effective July 1, 2019 4. Brenda Taylor, elementary teacher, W.S. Neal…
ECMS shines for BOE
By SHERRY DIGMON News Publisher The setting for the February 21 Escambia County Board of Education meeting provided an opportunity for the administration, faculty and students of Escambia County Middle School to shine – and shine they did. Students Naasia Reynolds and Janiyah McCants welcomed the board from the school’s new broadcast studio. The meeting was held in the ECMS collaboration lab, with a robotics demonstration by seventh-grader Jakaiya Owens.…
Sheriff, BOE seat, legislative seat on ballot
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Like their counterparts across the state, Escambia County voters will help select in the November 6 General Election the individual who will fill the governor’s seat for the next four years. But local voters will also choose the county’s first new sheriff since 2003 and help select the local area’s representative in the Alabama Legislature. Some will also decide between an incumbent school board…
BOE approves personnel recommendations
The Escambia County Board of Education approved the following personnel recommendations by Superintendent John Knott at the regular board meeting Thursday, March 22. Leave of absence 1. Tashan Streety, six-hour lunchroom worker, W.S. Neal Elementary School, leave of absence, effective March 5, 2018 through July 5, 2018 2. Vicky Williams, seven-hour lunchroom worker, Escambia County Middle School, leave of absence, effective February 26, 2018 through March 31, 2018, tentatively Resignation…
BOE votes pay raise – Grissett, Jackson re-elected to top spots
The Escambia County (Ala.) Board of Education voted Thursday, November 16, to raise their monthly pay from $600 to $800. The recommendation was made by Board Chairman W. J. Grissett as he read remarks seeking re-election to that position: “that the Board approve a one step raise for Local Board members for an additional amount of $200 dollars per month to become effective when the next new or returning Board…