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School staff re-negotiates pay hike

By David Adlerstein

The Franklin County School Board on Thursday, Dec. 17 unanimously approved changes to its existing three-year contract with teachers and staff that will slice by more than half the pay increase originally agreed to for this year and next. By a 4-0... Full story

Pearlman selected to direct school finances

By David Adlerstein

The Franklin County School District has chosen a Harvard-educated attorney who turned to teaching as a second career to be its new director of financial services. By a 3-1 vote, with Board Member Teresa Ann Martin opposed, the school board approved... Full story

Florida Realtors offer $28,000 in scholarship awards

Florida high school seniors: Are you filling out college applications and poring over potential scholarship programs? Then make plans to enter the Florida Realtors’ 2009-2010 Scholarship/Essay Contest for High School Seniors for a chance to... Full story

Middle and High School honor rolls

ABC Middle Honor Roll             Apalachicola Bay Charter School would like to announce their honor roll for the middle school’s first nine-week grading period of the 2009-10 school... Full story

School hosts GED testing Dec. 7 and 8

The GED Test will be held Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 7 and 8 at the Franklin County School in the Media Center. Registration will be held daily until test date.  Testing will begin promptly at 6 p.m. each day. You may contact Nick O'Grady at... Full story

Top of her class

            Audrey Gay, a veteran elementary schools teacher at both Chapman and now Franklin County School, has been chosen for the 2009 Excellence Award by the Foundation of Excellence in... Full story

Volunteers welcome at Franklin County schools

Do you have 30 minutes, an hour, two or three hours a week? What about every two weeks or once a month? Then, we need you and you can be an invaluable asset to the Franklin County School. How? What about filing, reading to children, listening to a... Full story

Administration outlines new school shirt policy

The Franklin County School administration is reminding parents and students that it is acceptable for students to wear any type of shirt that has either Franklin County School and/or Seahawks on the front, including slipover sweatshirts. Shirt must... Full story

Retired educators saluted for service

            Daniel Hall, Florida Retired Educators Association (FREA) District 2 Director presented membership, literacy, community service and scholarship support awards to Franklin/Gulf... Full story

Little ones dine with families for holiday

            The pre-Kindergarten program at the Learning Center in Eastpoint played host to a Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday, Nov. 19, as parents and grandparents gathered to share in a... Full story

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