The Santa Rosa County Zoning Board has recommended approval of a request to allow the school district to build a wastewater treatment system next to Central School.

Board members approved the recommendation without objection on Oct. 8. The request now goes to the Santa Rosa County Commission, which will have the final say.

Two days after Hurricane Isaias made landfall, Santa Rosa County Superintendent Karen Barber told the state when she thought schools could safely reopen: That date was Monday, Oct. 19.

Eighteen minutes later, Florida’s education commissioner had a different day in mind.

Santa Rosa County was back in the classroom Monday, Oct. 19, marking the first time since Wednesday, Oct. 7, that school had been held in the district.

Santa Rosa County District Schools reports that student attendance across 36 campuses reached 93.7 percent on the first day back following Hurricane Isaias

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Oct. 13 that the state “never mandated” a reopening date for Santa Rosa County schools after Hurricane Isaias, a day after Superintendent Karen Barber said the state directed them to reopen Oct. 14.

The Santa Rosa County School Board heard from numerous parents and teachers Oct. 13 advocating or school not to reopen the next day.

Santa Rosa County public schools will reopen Wednesday, Oct. 14, under a state directive, even though Hurricane Isaias damaged several campuses, including Milton High School, where the storm tore open the gym’s roof.

Chelsey Bobrowski, a first-grade teacher at Berryhill Elementary School, set out to forge a path in criminal justice before having kids changed her plans.

Central School science teacher Chris Trantham didn’t think teaching was something he would choose as a career, but a couple of curveballs in the game of life put him on the track he is on now.

Roxanna Ford’s love of teaching came to her in childhood as she did homework on her mother’s chalkboard.

South end students in Santa Rosa County can now take some Locklin Technical College courses without heading north this year. It is one of several changes to career and technical education in the district for the new school year.