Okaloosa Teachers Debate Merit Pay and Tests at Kiwanis
Four candidates for Okaloosa County Superintendent of Schools spoke at the Destin Kiwanis meeting. Topics included teacher behavior as role models, competency testing, merit pay, and a seventh period. Sullivan urged renovations, summer school, and a computer literacy program, while Ransom pressed academic accountability and politics-free administration. Schapley supported merit pay and annual testing, and Harkins questioned testing as the sole solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Gould
Okaloosa County
Destin Kiwanis Club
Jim Harkins
Kiwanians
Harkins
Okaloosa County Education Association
Ralph Turlington
Turlington
FSU
Florida State University
Ray Schapley
Schapley
Ransom
Sullivan
Shirley Ransom
Okaloosa County Superintendent of
Growth study urged for Destin Holiday Isle review
A Destin Harbor subcommittee urged full committee analysis on Holiday Isle growth along Old Pass Lagoon. Discussed were zoning looseness, water and sewer access, stormwater, and DWU water line proposals. DER concerns about water quality and development pace prompted calls for a thorough, data driven plan.
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Karen MacGrogan
Holiday Isle
Old Pass Lagoon
Governor’s
Coastal Resources Committee
Department of Natural Resources State Lands
Casey Fitzgerald
Northwest Florida
Collier Houston
Okaloosa County
Destin Water Users Records
DWU
Department of Environmental Regulation
Subcommittee
Hamilton Kenner
Kenner
Mike Mitchell
Bob Kriegel
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