Though the outlook was decidedly optimistic at the July 22 meeting of the Santa Rosa County School Board, the notoriously cash-strapped district is feeling the pinch of it's last-place ranking for per-student state funding.

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In what was dubbed a "historic" and "monumental" occasion, Pensacola State College broke ground on a highly-anticipated new campus project in Santa Rosa County Tuesday.

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In what was dubbed an “historic” and “monumental” occasion, Pensacola State College broke ground on a highly-anticipated new campus project in Santa Rosa County Tuesday.

The expansive campus, situated on 110 acres just off U.S. Highway 98, near Woodlawn Beach Middle School, will feature a multi-level mixed use building that will house classrooms, laboratories, a school store, a library as well as administrative offices.

For more on this story, see the July 22 edition of the Navarre Press.

Santa Rosa County schools are breathing a collective sigh of relief, now that the highly-anticipated FCAT scores have finally been released.

NCS Pearson, the company responsible for administering the test, officially released the scores to districts across the state on Tuesday.

“Overall, we are pleased with the results,” said Bill Price, assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction for Santa Rosa County schools.  “It’s been a long haul, all of us, educators, administrators, and parents have been understandably anxious.”

According to Price, science and reading scores were level across the board, while math scores were down slightly.

Administrators expect scores to be mailed to parents as early as July 15.

For more on this story, check out the July 1 edition of the Navarre Press

Graduation exercises were held Friday night, June 4.

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Nine Navarre High School students will trade caps and gowns for a uniform that’s adorned with a different kind of tassel this fall – the military kind.

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