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- Rock music camp offers students real world gig.
- The Village Door at the Village of Baytowne Wharf at Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort doesn't normally play host to the stroller set. However on June 6 the local night club was doing just that as more than 50 enthusiastic rock fans of all ages gathere... Full story

- Building Biophilia
- Collaboration begets conservation, education legacy.
- Mary Brady
- Fifteen years ago M.C. Davis had some time to spare, due to a calendar malfunction. He wandered into a presentation by two passionate conservationists on the Florida black bear. Davis had no inkling that his accidental audience with the Defenders of ... Full story
- Walton County School Board Agenda
- May 5 meeting - 5 p.m. Tivoli Complex, DeFuniak Springs
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INVOCATION: Darrell Barnhill
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
AGENDA
A REGULAR MEETING
SCHOOL BOARD OF WALTON COUNTY, FLORIDA
Tivoli Administrative Complex, 145 Park Street, Suite 3, DeFuniak Springs, FL 32435
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
5:00 p.m.
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- Walton County School Board hears some good news
- Workforce Development Board to receive $160,000
- Mary Brady
- The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act once again played a starring role in this week's school board meeting. Mary Lou Reed, executive director of the Workforce Development Board of Okaloosa and Walton counties, announced $160,000 has... Full story
- Crystal Apple Ball Rescheduled
- Meredith Spence/Walton County School District
- The Walton Education Foundation, Inc. is rescheduling the Crystal Apple Ball to a later date. The benefit event was scheduled for May 2, 2009 at Hammock Bay Lake Club in Freeport, FL.
"The reason we decided to consider the event date is ... Full story

- Standing up to bullies: Teacher parent writes a book
- Mary Brady
- Brenda Jones is a stand-up kind of gal. Both as a teacher and a parent, Jones well understands the importance of helping kids respond effectively to inappropriate bullying on the part of their peers. With violence in schools a fact of contempor... Full story

- Freeport students compete in math bowl
- Freeport High School advanced mathematics students participated in the 22nd Annual Math Bowl at Northwest Florida State College on March 6. Teams from 25 schools competed in three divisions in both team and individual competitions. FHS students... Full story

- Van R. Butler School Beautification Day
- Mary Brady
- March 7 was a beautiful day in the neighborhood of Van R. Butler Elementary and Middle School. More than 20 teachers, parents, students and PTO members came out to work on installing a new sandbox, resurfacing a playground area and spiffin... Full story

- Rutherford takes Chipley Invitational Volleyball Tournament
- Jay Felsberg
- CHIPLEY - It started at 8 a.m. and finished after 10 p.m., but the Rutherford Lady Rams outlasted everyone to win the annual Chipley Invitational Volleyball Tournament Saturday.The Lady Rams beat a gritty Freeport team 27-25, 19-25 and 15-11 to captu... Full story

- TDC announces ‘Art in School’ contest winners
- The Walton County Tourist Development Council announces the winners from the National Tourism Week: Art in Schools Contest. A panel of community judges reviewed the artwork and selected a winner from each of the grade level divisions. The winners are... Full story