Board spotlights success

The Escambia

(Ala.) Board of Education dis- cussed possible funding to address mental health in pub- lic schools and local student success before going into exec- utive session at its Thursday, Dec. 18 meeting.

School Superintendent John Knott told board mem- bers that the Alabama State Board of Education approved the math course of study, and plans have begun to formulate committees to do the reviews for text book adoption. Knott said now they will start work- ing on the English Language Arts (ELA) course of study also.

“This year and last year we had one of our teachers, Christie Fox, w...