Santa Rosa Education Foundation awards $66,000 in teacher grants
October 30, 2023
Santa Rosa Education Foundation has announced the award of 66 teacher grants totaling $66,000 to Santa Rosa public educators. SREF, in partnership with the Consortium of Florida Education Foundations…
School board approves new health insurance plan, teachers will still see increased premiums
October 30, 2023
The Santa Rosa County school board approved a health insurance program for school district teachers and other employees at a special meeting Tuesday, Oct. 24.
The health insurance program for 2024…
Navarre schools host STEAM events
October 27, 2023
Holley Navarre Middle School, East Bay K-8 and West Navarre Intermediate School held STEAM nights this week. STEAM is short for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math. Check out some photos f…
Bid approved for $103 million for south end high school
October 26, 2023
A new south end high school is one step closer to becoming a reality after Santa Rosa County District Schools held a school board meeting Oct. 12.
The board approved a $102,792,900 bid from the Mor…
Apple of their eye
October 24, 2023
When most students (or people for that matter) think of the word “dissection,” they typically think of an animal, or maybe the smell of formaldehyde, but for students in Emily Simon and Danielle Hitc…
Oriole Beach holds White Cane Day
October 20, 2023
School district employee health insurance plan for 2024 still undecided
October 19, 2023
After a nearly seven-hour meeting Oct. 12, the Santa Rosa County School Board is still waiting to approve the health insurance program for district employees. The current plan expires Dec. 31.
Helping homeless students
October 16, 2023
There is a little-known problem in Santa Rosa County’s schools. According to Santa Rosa County District Schools’ coordinator of federal programs Bobbie Lewter, the district has a poverty rate of 43.5…
Santa Rosa Schools celebrate National Custodian Appreciation Day
October 9, 2023
Oct. 2 marked National Custodian Appreciation Day. For Santa Rosa District Schools, it was an opportunity to acknowledge the hard work and dedication of school district and ABM staff who help keep ou…
Some private schools haven’t received voucher funds, despite state law
October 4, 2023
When House Bill 1 passed the Florida Legislature and was signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis earlier this year, the expectation was that come the beginning of the 2023-2024 school year, families wou…














