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Number of Public School Employees Declines
Last Updated: 10:24 AM 02/08/12 - The number of employees in Florida's public schools has declined.
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Bay Haven Addresses Concerns over Its Racial Demographics
Last Updated: 7:31 AM 02/07/12 - Growing concerns over Bay Haven Charter School’s racial demographics has caused some Bay District School officials to take a second look at the issue, but Bay Haven administrators say they are on par with other area schools.
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Bay District School Holds Workshop on Charter School Concerns
Last Updated: 7:31 AM 02/07/12 - Bay District School officials are gearing up for what may be a busy open enrollment session. With charter schools in the spotlight, many educators are giving them a second look.
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School Choice Begins In Bay County
Last Updated: 8:01 PM 02/01/12 - Wednesday is the first official day to submit applications for School Choice in Bay County.
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VP Joe Biden in Tallahassee
Last Updated: 7:30 AM 02/07/12 - Vice President Joe Biden was in Florida Monday to discuss plans to lower the cost of college. The average Florida student graduates with 20-thousand dollars in student loan debt and another tuition hike is being discussed in Tallahassee.
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Chipley High School Teacher Wins Golden Apple
Last Updated: 9:32 AM 01/27/12 - Chipley - This week's Golden Apple award winner is a math teacher at Chipley High School. Her students say Millie Kindig is giving them the tools and the confidence they need to pursue careers in the fields of math and science.
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Instate College Tuition for Children of Illegal Immigrants
Last Updated: 9:02 PM 01/26/12 - Children of illegal immigrants born in Florida are asking lawmakers to lower their college tuition. They’re paying out-of-state tuition, even though they’re US citizens. Legislation to give the students in-state tuition has been filed, but isn’t going anywhere.
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Bay District School Board Discusses Charter School Issues
Last Updated: 8:33 AM 01/25/12 - Board members are trying to come up with a plan for Newpoint Bay Charter High School which recently received its third straight "D" grade. They also decided to closely examine the Bay Haven Charter Schools' demographics before voting to renew the school's charter and allow an expansion at their the elementary and middle schools.
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Ponce de Leon High School Teacher Wins Golden Apple
Last Updated: 8:41 PM 01/19/12 - Ponce de Leon - This week's Golden Apple award winner is a teacher at Ponce de Leon High School. Janice Andrews is so well-loved, her nomination received more than one thousand hits on our website in just one day!
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Bay Haven Charter Academy Considers Expansion
Last Updated: 8:36 AM 01/19/12 - Panama City - Bay Haven Charter Academy might increase it's elementary and middle school enrollment by 15%.
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UF, FSU presidents suggest higher STEM tuition
Last Updated: 4:42 PM 01/13/12 - Presidents of Florida's two leading research universities suggested Friday that lawmakers let them pay for expanding expensive science, technology, engineering and math programs by charging those so-called STEM students higher tuition.
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Cherry Street Third Grade Teacher Wins Golden Apple
Last Updated: 2:34 PM 01/13/12 - Panama City - This week's Golden Apple award winner is a third grade teacher at Cherry Street Elementary in the Cove. Music and motion. Two tools Amanda Roberts uses to teach all kinds of subjects in her third grade classroom. On this day it's a lesson in prefixes and suffixes. "My kids know we dance, we move, we are collaborative and we work together to increase our learning," said teacher Amanda Roberts.
Surfside Middle Awarded $24,000 Grant for Pre-Engineering Program
Last Updated: 2:20 PM 01/11/12 - Panama City - On Wednesday the Society of American Military Engineers will donate a large check to three Bay County educational institutions. Seventy-four thousand dollars will be given to Haney Technical Center, Gulf Coast State College and Surfside Middle School. Surfside will receive a $24,000 grant for it's Gateway to Technology pre-engineering program which began in 2007. Program administrators say without these grant funds, their materials would be 5 years behind.
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Northside Elementary Kindergarten Teacher Wins Golden Apple Award
Last Updated: 8:39 PM 01/05/12 - Panama City - This week's Golden Apple award winner is a kindergarten teacher at Northside Elementary in Panama City. Kelly Lewis has been teaching kindergarten for 8 years. Her students are affectionately known as "Lewis' Lightning Bugs" because thier faces light up when learning something new.
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Bay District Schools Celebrates High School Grades
Last Updated: 8:16 PM 01/04/12 - Panama City - The Florida Department of Education released high school grades for the 2010-2011 school year and Bay District School's are celebrating.
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Charter School Could Face Probation
Last Updated: 8:16 PM 01/04/12 - Panama City - One local charter school faces probation after receiving poor marks from the Florida Department of Education for the third year in a row.
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Mowat Middle School Science Teacher Wins Golden Apple
Last Updated: 8:51 AM 12/23/11 - Panama City - This week's Golden Apple winner is an 8th grade science teacher at Mowat Middle School in Lynn Haven. Studies show when it comes to math and science, kids in the US are trailing other nations. Shawn Ramsey wants to change that.
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Gulf County Touts Highest Graduation Rate in Florida
Last Updated: 10:16 PM 12/21/11 - A local school district received a well-deserved Christmas present following the recent release of statewide high school graduation rates.
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Middle School PE in Legislative Bull’s-eye
Last Updated: 8:39 PM 12/20/11 - Middle School students in Florida must take a required three hours of physical education each week. The requirement was put into law to combat obesity, but tight budgets have some lawmakers looking at ending required PE.
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Superintendent Names New Principal of Rutherford High School
Last Updated: 8:46 PM 12/20/11 - Bay County Superintendent Bill Husfelt will recommend to the School Board for approval Lennis Coy Pilson as the next principal of Rutherford High School.
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New Bozeman Principal Ready to Lead in a Positive Direction
Last Updated: 3:24 PM 12/17/11 - Josh Balkom has only been on the job for a few weeks, but as new principal of Deane Bozeman School, he is ready to take the school in a positive direction.
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Hiland Park Elementary School Kindergarten Teacher Wins Golden Apple
Last Updated: 8:27 PM 12/15/11 - Panama City - This week's Golden Apple winner is a kindergarten teacher at Hiland Park Elementary School. Diane Reinstatler says herself, she has a lot of energy. After nearly 20 years in a kindergarten classroom, she has no plans for slowing down.
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Florida Afterschool Programs Get Good Grades
Last Updated: 4:06 PM 12/15/11 - Fla. gets high marks for afterschool programs
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GCSC Tops List of 50 Fastest-Growing Public 2-Year Colleges
Last Updated: 3:16 PM 12/13/11 - Community College Week recently released national enrollment figures which listed Gulf Coast State College first in the “Top 50 Fastest-Growing Public Two-Year Colleges”.
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Josk Balkom Tapped To Head Bozeman School
Last Updated: 10:17 AM 12/09/11 - Bay County Superintendent Bill Husfelt has appointed a new principal for Deane Bozeman School.
Chipley Tigers Practicing While En Route to Orlando
Last Updated: 10:24 AM 12/09/11 - Chipley Tigers practicing for the big game while on the way to Orlando.
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Ed Commissioner: Raise Passing FCAT Reading Score
Last Updated: 10:55 AM 12/08/11 - TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Education Commissioner Gerard Robinson is recommending the state raise the score needed to pass the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test.
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Smoke Cause Arnold High Evacuation
Last Updated: 9:10 PM 12/06/11 - Students and teachers at Arnold High School got an unexpected start to their morning when smoke was detected in the attic.
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Bay High School Power Outage
Last Updated: 10:05 AM 12/06/11 - Bay High School is without power and will not be restored for several hours. School will resume Wednesday December 7, 2011.
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Students Protest Tuition Hikes at Florida Universities
Last Updated: 8:13 AM 11/30/11 - Despite rising tuition rates, officials say a college education in Florida is still a bargain compared to other states. But Florida college students don't necessarily see it that way.
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Mary Vickie Taws, Golden Apple Award Teacher
Last Updated: 8:29 PM 11/24/11 - This week's Golden Apple award winner is a fifth grade teacher at Lucille Moore Elementary School. Mary Vickie Taws says she wants to instill in her students the desire to be lifelong learners.
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School District Looking for Payne's Replacement
Last Updated: 10:03 AM 11/23/11 - Bay District School officials are looking for a new principal to replace Bill Payne at Deane Bozeman Learning Center.
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Bright Future Scholarship Changes
Last Updated: 10:10 AM 11/22/11 - State legislators are trying to encourage college students to finish their undergraduate degrees faster before the end of the year.
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Vernon High School Ag Teacher Wins Golden Apple Award
Last Updated: 8:51 PM 12/01/11 - Vernon - This week's Golden Apple award winner runs the Ag department at Vernon High School. Donna Keith began her teaching career in the English department. But when Vernon High needed a new Ag teacher, she jumped at the chance. Her students say they are glad she did.
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Rutherford High School Teacher Wins Golden Apple Award
Last Updated: 10:30 PM 11/10/11 - Panama City - This week's Golden Apple Award winner is teacher at Rutherford High School in Springfield. Michael Creamer teaches AP English and Humanities at Rutherford high. He also teaches the Theory of Knowledge, a class not typically offered. Then again, his students say nothing about him is typical.
Local Student Receives Wendy's High School Heisman Award
Last Updated: 11:06 AM 11/08/11 - A Freeport High School Senior is one of twelve student athlete finalists for the Wendy’s High School Heisman Award.
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Tyndall Elementary School Third Grade Teacher Wins Golden Apple Award
Last Updated: 2:23 PM 11/03/11 - Panama City - This week's Golden Apple award winner is a third grade teacher at Tyndall Elementary School. Amber Shepard says parent involvement and the wonderful team at Tyndall help make her job a joy.
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Merit Paid Update
Last Updated: 9:39 PM 11/03/11 - This is the first school year Florida teachers will be evaluated based on their students’ test scores. By 2013, teachers can be fired for back to back years of poor scores and in 2014, pay can be cut if students don’t test well.
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Springfield Elementary Teacher Wins Golden Apple Award
Last Updated: 12:27 PM 10/27/11 - Springfield - This week's Golden Apple award winner is a third grade teacher at Springfield Elementary school. Not one, not two, but four students nominated Crystal Adams for the Golden Apple.
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BESPA Contract
Last Updated: 9:30 AM 10/26/11 - The Bay County School Board moved forward with the B-E-S-P-A contract at Tuesday afternoon's meeting. After mediation, both parties were able to reach an agreement.
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Local Business Leaders Donate to Hungry Children
Last Updated: 9:32 PM 10/24/11 - Last year, teachers at several local schools noticed some students saving their lunch on Fridays so they'd have something to eat over the weekend.
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Mosley Math Teacher Wins Golden Apple Award
Last Updated: 9:43 PM 10/20/11 - Panama City - This week's Golden Apple award winner teaches dual-enrolled trigonometry at Mosley High School in Lynn Haven. Dauhrice Gibson has been teaching for 49 years. Most of here career was spent teaching at the community college level. Now her high school students say they couldn't be happier she came out of retirement.
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Cedar Grove Elementary School teacher wins Golden Apple Award
Last Updated: 10:44 PM 10/13/11 - Panama City - This week's Golden Apple award winner is a kindergarten teacher at Cedar Grove Elementary School in Panama City. This is only Jennifer Brown's third year in the classroom, but she is already making a lasting impression on her students.
Bay County high schools will go to 7-period schedule
Last Updated: 9:23 PM 10/11/11 - Major scheduling changes are coming to Bay County high schools next year. School board members approved the change Tuesday, which will put all of the district's high schools on a 7-period a day schedule.
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Bay Haven Charter Academy teacher wins Golden Apple award
Last Updated: 10:52 AM 10/06/11 - Panama City - This week's Golden Apple award winner is a 4th grade teacher at Bay Haven Charter Academy in Lynn Haven. Ms. Fields says she was inspired to become a teacher by her son who grew up with special needs. She says his success fuels her passion for teaching.
State adopts new standards for VPK providers
Last Updated: 9:14 PM 09/26/11 - The Florida board of education recently adopted new standards for those providers.
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Special Needs Student Nominated for Homecoming Court
Last Updated: 1:32 PM 09/26/11 - A special needs student at Bay High School, gets to fulfill her dream as one of the homecoming court nominees.
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Bay High School Homecoming Parade
Last Updated: 3:40 PM 09/23/11 - Bay High School hosted its Homecoming Parade in downtown Panama City Friday.
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Survey: Colleges Prefer Non-financial Aid Students
Last Updated: 2:38 PM 09/22/11 - New survey suggest, colleges prefer students who do not need financial aid for admittance.
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St. Andrews Elementary School teacher wins Golden Apple Award
Last Updated: 9:27 PM 09/29/11 - Panama City - This week's Golden Apple award winner teaches a first grade exceptional student education class at St. Andrews Elementary school. St. Andrews Elementary serves students from all over Bay County who have emotional or behavioral issues. Teacher Johanna VonGeldern is dedicated to helping her students become the best they can be, one day at a time.

·Breakfast Point Academy
· Callaway Elementary
· Cedar Grove Elementary
· Hiland Park Elementary
·Hutchison Beach Elementary
·Lucille Moore Elementary
·Millville Elementary
·Patronis Elementary
·Port St. Joe Elementary
·Southport Elementary
·Springfield Elementary
·Tyndall Elementary
·West Bay Elementary
·Mosley High School
·A.D. Harris High School
·Bay High School
·Bozeman School
·Chautaqua Charter School
·Emerald Bay Academy
·Everitt Middle School
·Haney Tech High School
·J.R. Arnold High School
·Margaret K. Lewis School
·Merrit Brown Middle School
·Mowat Middle School
·Rutherford High School
·Surfside Middle School

Instate College Tuition for Children of Illegal Immigrants
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Special Needs Student Nominated for Homecoming Court
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Bay Haven Addresses Concerns over Its Racial Demographics
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Bay County high schools will go to 7-period schedule
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Students Protest Tuition Hikes at Florida Universities
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Superintendent Names New Principal of Rutherford High School
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