Brown hired as FHS principal

Flomaton Elementary School Principal George Brown will make a short walk across the parking lot after the Escambia County School Board unanimously approved him as the new principal of Flomaton High School.

Brown, 45, will be replacing Scott Hammond, who has served as the high school's principal for the past 17 years and announced his retirement at the end of this school year.

Brown said the hardest part of applying for the principal's job at the high school is leaving the teachers, staff and children at the elementary school.

Brown took over as principal of FES on July 1, 2018 and will take ov...