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Making a splash: RaceTrac decision prompts wellfield discussion

In February, Santa Rosa County commissioners approved letting RaceTrac install underground fuel storage tanks in a wellfield zone that supplies clean drinking water to about 100,000 residents. On Monday, Commissioner Colten Wright, who voted to approve the variance allowing the tanks, proposed updating the wellfield protection ordinance to address issues raised during the RaceTrac debate – including what to do about existing underground tanks in the area.

Learn the Facts

As interim State Commissioner, Pam Stewart keeps reiterating, there’s a difference between curriculum and standards.  The author of an article written on Thursday, August 8th, wrote as if they are one in the same.  Supplementing lessons plans with standards isn’t accurate.  You would instead supplement the curriculum with Common Core aligned curriculum.  Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are nationalized standards that every student will have to master while curriculum is the material being taught.

Learn the Facts

As interim State Commissioner, Pam Stewart keeps reiterating, there’s a difference between curriculum and standards.  The author of an article written on Thursday, August 8th, wrote as if they are one in the same.  Supplementing lessons plans with standards isn’t accurate.  You would instead supplement the curriculum with Common Core aligned curriculum.  Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are nationalized standards that every student will have to master while curriculum is the material being taught.

Water under the bridge? RaceTrac decision raises questions about county’s process

Did Santa Rosa County compromise the integrity of its water protection zone by approving a variance to allow RaceTrac to install underground storage tanks at a station on State Road 87? We don’t think so, but the unpopular decision raises some questions about how the county manages its various overlay districts.

Out and About

Sandi Kemp
March 14, 2024
Saint Patrick’s Day is this Sunday and the Shamrock Stroll 5K Fun Run/Walk and Pet Parade and Costume Contest is this Saturday on Navarre Beach from 8-10 a.m. There is a registration fee, but you can get there as early as 7 a.m. the day of the event and register. The next holiday is Easter. Easter Sunday is the last day of March on the 31st.   Santa Rosa County Schools (and UWF) are out for Spring Break the week before Easter. There is a large concert, Spring Jam, going on at Juana’s on March 24, the Sunday before Easter. Okaloosa Schools have Spring Break March 15-22.  

Brian Out Loud

Brian Lester
March 18, 2024
I received a message late Wednesday night. The person sending it was informing me that Navarre head football coach Jay Walls was taking a job in Georgia. This inside source wanted to make sure the ‘Navarre guy’ had the opportunity to break the news first.

For God’s Sake: let us eat!

Michael Bannon
March 14, 2024
I come from a very large family – nine kids – and the mealtime rule in our house was you ate what was put before you. If you refused to eat it, well, you didn’t eat. If one of us asked for something else to eat, my mother’s stock answer was, “What do you think this is, kid, a restaurant?”
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