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Working without contract since October, Santa Rosa teachers still at negotiating table with district

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on . Posted in Education, News.

Santa Rosa Professional Educators (SRPE), the union representing teachers and other instructional staff in Santa Rosa County schools, has been at the negotiating table with Santa Rosa District Schools for the past five and a half months trying to agree to terms for a contract for the 2023-24 school year.

The two sides have been through eight negotiation sessions with no end in sight. One of the most recent sessions was held Jan. 18.

Santa Rosa All County Band hits right note in Pace

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on . Posted in Community.

The sound of rain couldn’t drown out the sound of Santa Rosa’s All County Band Saturday, Jan. 27.

In spite of the gloomy weather, parents, school district employees and the community packed Pace Assembly of God to hear both middle school and high school students perform a variety of tunes from classics such as the Wizard of Oz and Star Wars to more recent compositions such as Tarantella by Carol Brittin Chambers.

School buses crash on Highway 98 near Sunrise Drive

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on . Posted in Education, News.

A bus bound for West Navarre Primary School Monday morning, Feb. 5, didn’t make it to its destination. Instead, the bus, filled with 24 kindergarteners, first graders and second graders were involved in a collision with another school bus, which had no children in it at the time.

The crash left the buses and the children stuck on the side of Highway 98 for over half an hour. The incident occurred around 8 a.m. near the intersection of Highway 98 and Sunrise Drive in Navarre.

County officials address community about past, future budget

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on . Posted in News.

Throughout the first two months of 2024, Santa Rosa County staff, namely those who oversee the budget, have been attending various community meetings to discuss the budgetary process, what the county’s budget has looked like and, most importantly, what future plans for county spending might be.

Gulf Breeze Zoo’s ‘Kenya’ predicts an early spring and a Chiefs Super Bowl win on Giraffe Day

Written by Kaitie Kiger on . Posted in Community.

An excited crowd gathered Friday morning around Kenya, a 16-year-old reticulated giraffe resident at Gulf Breeze Zoo, to watch her predict the future.

Feb. 2, or Groundhog Day as it’s called everywhere else, will now be referred to as Giraffe Day in Santa Rosa County, according to county commissioner Colton Wright who read an official declaration at the celebration Friday morning.

An Airman’s journey: Life in the Air Force

Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in Military, News.

A lightbulb went off.

“If I’m at the same job for the next 20 years, I’ll go crazy,” thought Airman 1st Class Sydney Gore, 720th Operations Support Squadron command support staff technician. “I want to challenge myself in my career.”