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  • Honor roll for the Franklin County School

        The following is the honor roll for the third nine-week grading period for grades six through 12 at the Franklin County School.   Sixth Grade All As: Mikalin ... READ MORE

  • Franklin students on home front for plein air workshop

      A dozen local art students made art happen on the Eastpoint waterfront last week. The group met at 11 a.m. at the Eastpoint Waterfront Pavilion of Patton Drive. The Franklin County S... READ MORE

  • Welcome home, soldier

      Apalachicola’s Joseph Taranto, a sergeant with the Florida National Guard’s 870th Engineer Company out of Crestview, came home this week after nearly a year of service in Afghanistan, su... READ MORE

  • Gulf Coast to graduate correctional officers

    Gulf Coast State College will be graduating the Correctional Officer Basic Standards Class 219 at 7 p.m. ET on Thursday, May 9 at the Gulf/Franklin Campus. The students wish to invite family and ... READ MORE

  • Parker named to Team Florida

    The Franklin Brain Bowl team scored big at the 2013 Commissioner’s Academic Challenge in Orlando on April 18 – April 20.

    Franklin placed second in Division III during the preliminaries, and ...

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  • Wild Things

    “Let the wild rumpus begin!” called Max, and the Wild Things burst into action and some pretty fine dance moves. The Nest after-school program rocked the house with its version of Where the Wil... READ MORE

  • Minds that matter: High school Odyssey team completes stellar season

    It’s all about creative problem-solving, so it’s a natural for Franklin County School students. The middle and high schools’ Odyssey of the Mind extra-curricular teams, part of a worldwide prog... READ MORE

  • Bidwell named new Franklin School principal

    The Franklin County School Board Thursday unanimously approved the hiring of Eric Bidwell to succeed George Oehlert as the principal over the consolidated kindergarten through 12th grade school. ... READ MORE

  • Governor Scott presents commendations to five district teachers of the year during cabinet meeting

    Today, during a meeting of the Florida Cabinet, Governor Rick Scott showed his appreciation for Florida’s teachers and applauded their commitment to improving Florida’s education system today by ... READ MORE

  • District investigates writing test wrongdoing

    Franklin County School District officials have invalidated the writing exams of five 10th graders after allegations surfaced of possible teacher involvement in the annual standardized testing. ... READ MORE

  • County picks top teacher, staffer

    Morale at the Franklin County School District saw a huge learning gain last month, with the selection of its top teacher, and school employee, of the year. At a banquet Feb. 22 in the high scho... READ MORE

  • St. Joe settlement comes through

    An infusion of close to $62,000 in additional tax proceeds, as a result of a settlement with The St. Joe Company, helped lead to school employees’ ratification this week of a one-year contract ... READ MORE

  • Teachers OK deal, but is it enough?

    Franklin County School district employees voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to ratify a contract for the current school year designed to bring the district’s fund balance into positive territory. Bu... READ MORE

  • If I had to leave Franklin County

    Brycin McCray Huckeba, a student with Mrs. Barber's fourth grade class, wrote the following first-place essay.   If I had to leave Franklin County, Florida, I would be horrified. The t... READ MORE

  • Huckeba takes top honors in essay contest

    The Philaco Education Committee is pleased to announce the winners of the third annual Fourth Grade Essay Contest.

    The topic for this year's contest was “If you had to move away from this ...

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  • 2012-13 Fiscal Year YTD Budget Reductions

    Pre-K Reorganization       $200,000
    Eliminate Summer Programs not required by DOE  $90,000
    Discontinue Activity Buses     $15,000
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  • Contract talks go past impasse

    Contract talks between the Franklin County school district and its employees went to impasse last week, but both sides are continuing to talk as time ebbs away to reach a deal to shore up the ... READ MORE

  • Congratulations to Jathan Martin, Sunshine State Scholar

    The Sunshine State Scholar Program chooses Florida’s top STEMS (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) students and introduces them to the vast post-secondary and career opportunities ... READ MORE

  • Board gets an earful on cuts

    The Franklin County school board said very little about a lot last Thursday.
    Because negotiations open to the public, are to resume this afternoon on the campus of the former Brown Elementary ...
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  • King Day banquet Monday at Armory

      The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday annual banquet celebration will be held Monday, Jan. 21 at 11 a.m. at the National Guard Armory, 66 Fourth Street in Apalachicola. Everyone is enc... READ MORE


 

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  • Welcome home, soldier
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  • Honor roll for the Franklin County School
  • Franklin students on home front for plein air workshop
  • Welcome home, soldier
  • Gulf Coast to graduate correctional officers
  • Parker named to Team Florida




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