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Navarre HS guidance counselor sets example

Thursday, 07 July 2011 07:48

When Carlisle Griffin began working as a guidance counselor at Navarre High School four years ago, she did so with some trepidation.

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School Board: 'Official capacity' gets clarification

Wednesday, 06 July 2011 18:04

In a special meeting held July 5, the Santa Rosa County School Board met to discuss clarifications to the consent decree that was originally part of the 2009 ACLU lawsuit regarding school sanctioned religious activities.

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School district agrees with ACLU Consent Decree modifications

Saturday, 02 July 2011 08:09 Written by Staff Reports

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Florida has reached agreement with the Santa Rosa County School District on strengthening and clarifying a court-approved 2009 Consent Decree agreement that ended school-sponsored religious activities by the district and its employees.

In making the voluntary clarifications, the ACLU and Tim Wyrosdick, schools superintendent, agreed to reinforce and clarify the basic premise of the original Consent Decree – that official, government sanctioned religious activities are prohibited under the Constitution while individual religious expressions are protected by the Constitution.

“Our original agreement with the school district was clear and consistent with religious liberty provisions of the Constitution,” said Benjamin James Stevenson, attorney in the ACLU of Florida’s Northwest Regional Office in Pensacola. “To the extent there was any confusion about what the Constitution requires, we want to be clear and have been even more clear now.”

For more on this story, see the July 7 issue of the Navarre Press.

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Sansom takes the helm at Learning Academy

Wednesday, 29 June 2011 15:35 Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 June 2011 15:40

Often when there is a familiar face from local or state politics present in one of Santa Rosa County schools, it’s because there is an event or something to celebrate.

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Successful S-P-E-L-L-I-N-G

Wednesday, 15 June 2011 14:14 Last Updated on Wednesday, 15 June 2011 14:18

Ryan Frank is not comfortable talking about himself.

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School board approves raises despite budget cuts

Wednesday, 08 June 2011 06:38

The Santa Rosa County School Board officials have had to make difficult choices for the coming school year due to cuts in federal and state budgets that left the county with a $4.4 million-shortfall.