A W A R D ● W I N N I N G jmillers.com Consign 934-6200 Gulf Breeze ● Pensacola ● Destin Today! 50¢ YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER August 14, 2008 Questions 5 With Coaches Block-schedule bullet misses GBHS ■ New contract block-schedule bullet. Teachers were expected to continue to operate on a seven- other county schools will allow language would negate Negotiators representing the ratify the contract’s new lan- period daily format strongly the district to save $2.96 mil- Santa Rosa County School guage earlier this week. The preferred by teachers and par- lion. page very unpopular prospect District and Santa Rosa Santa Rosa School Board is ents. See BLOCK, Page 2A6 Professional Educators last expected to approve the revised The only difference: In the 1C BY JOE CULPEPPER Wrestling coach 1C week agreed to a language contract at tonight’s meeting in 2009-10 school year, GBHS stu- Related inside Gulf Breeze News change in the Master Contract Milton. dents will receive instruction Matt Alt
[email protected] ■ Navarre parents criticize that would prevent the district If Board approval — consid- during six periods each day start/finish times, school Gulf Breeze High School from ever imposing a block ered a formality — comes instead of the current five. district’s communication, 2A ■ PAGE apparently has dodged the schedule on GBHS. today, Gulf Breeze High will Similar or comparable moves at Cost-cutting measures, 2A 1D ■ Meeting Portofino stalls Meet ‘Flash’ Gordon at SRIA ■ Bubba’s Beach condo owners lose tax lawsuit WEEKEND BY LISA NEWELL Gulf Breeze News Weather
[email protected] THURSDAY 8/14 Last week, another domino fell in the quest to Scattered Storms keep Pensacola Beach tax-free.