cbreaux@kentsmith.biz Student enrollment numbers for the Washington County School District were published as part of a report for a Nov. 13 school board meeting. Overall enrollment numbers as of Nov. 8, 2023, are lower than the level recorded in 2015. However, enrollment has fluctuated over the years. Depending on the particular year you look at,…
Due to her community work, Cindy Johnson Brown of the Washington County School Board has been recognized as an Emerging Leader by the Florida School Boards Association. The distinction is given to school board members who document a minimum of 48 hours of training in leadership, advocacy, and knowledge, a news release said. Brown is…
Amos Spires, a coach with the Washington Academy of Varying Exceptionalities (WAVE) in the Washington County School District, was recently honored at the Special Olympics Florida Champions Gala on Oct. 28 in Orlando. Spires was on hand to celebrate his Special Olympics Florida Coach of The Year 2023, a news release said. Washington County Athlete…
cbreaux@kentsmith.biz Students got to pose with awards and smile as their parents took pictures during a Washington County School Board meeting on Monday, Oct. 9. Numerous students were recognized for various accomplishments, from winning a silver medal at the Florida Special Olympics to getting perfect test scores.
COLLIN BREAUX cbreaux@kentsmith.biz As emphasis continues on preparing children for education at younger ages in Florida and across the country, the Washington County School District is following suit. A new voluntary pre-kindergarten (VPK) center is being built in Chipley to prepare children while still in their formative years. VPK services are currently offered in WCSD…
NAN THOMPSONnthompson@kentsmith.biz Three years into the culinary arts program at Vernon High School and things are moving forward. The 80 students currently enrolled are waiting for improvements to their culinary class, which will be financed through grants. Once completed, the class will have a commercial 5 burner stove, dishwasher, and new countertops. “This will be…
An Intensive After School Academy grant from the Florida Department of Education through federal funding is the cause of a fracture in the usually solid Washington County School Board. In the fall of 2022, the school board unanimously voted to accept a $397,000 grant to fund Saturday school and to pay the teachers and paraprofessionals…
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