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==Initiatives and Projects Implemented as School Board Member-2006-2016== --implementation of a Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Hotline-Independently run by a unbiased third party. --District-run health clinic November, 2010. This first of its kind in Escambia County Schools employee health clinic was opened in June of 2013--Implementation of a multi-faceted Drug Eradication Strategy--this includes canine searches and drug testing students that participate in extracurricular activities. --Video Recording of all workshops and meetings of the School Board --School Board "web-presence" on the district's new web page. After a 16 month series of delays, the School Board's web page was put up in 2011 to increase transparency.--Addition of a Safe Harbor Provision in the District Rights and Responsibilities Handbook, as a balance to zero tolerance. This initiative to provide students and parents an additional layer of due process protections was implemented over extensive protests by district staff and administrators-- Participation of the Escambia County School District in the MAP (Merit Award Program), a statewide teacher performance pay program to reward great teachers and grow student achievement. --Expansion of music programs at the secondary level, with the addition of a new High School Band at West Florida High School beginning in the 2010-2011 school year.--Initiation of the Establishment of a University Lab School in Partnership with the University of West Florida. School opened 2010-2011 school year.--Acceleration of closure and consolidation process to correct district inefficiencies.
information updated to include substantial projects and initiatives completed from 2008-2020 as both school board member and county commissioner
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