If you or your child attended Hobbs Middle School at any point in the past 20 years, chances are you know Ms. Stacy Lea Jones.

A teacher since 1995, Jones has spent the past 29 years teaching students in Santa Rosa County. She spent a decade at King Middle School before coming to Hobbs Middle, where she has been a staple of the school’s social studies department for nearly 19 years.

The Santa Rosa County School District announced East Bay K-8 Principal as the Innovative Principal of the Year.

What started out as a vacation to see her sister-in-law a decade ago has turned into a career at East Milton Elementary School for Debra Adkins, the school’s choice for teacher of the year.

The recent State Board of Education meeting, held alongside the 2024 Charter School Conference and School Choice Summit, marked a significant moment for education in Florida.

Locklin Technical College teaches a variety of trades and skills that students can directly apply in their future careers. This year the school nominated Greg Smith as their Teacher of the Year.

An employee of Santa Rosa County District Schools has resigned from their position after an investigation found that the employee had engaged in “financial improprieties.”

In a statement to Santa Rosa Press Gazette, the school district said the resignation came after the employee, later identified as Kelly Short (Allen), was informed of action that would be taken against her employment both immediately and through recommendation of the school board at their next regularly scheduled meeting on Nov. 19, 2024.

Bennett Russell Elementary School has nominated third-grade teacher, April Cody, for Teacher of the Year. The success she has seen as a teacher she attributes to the mentors she has had along the way and her hands-on learning approaches.

When Katie Cranford tells Milton High School students that she can remember walking in their shoes, she means it in a more literal sense than most high school teachers do.

Cranford, a 2011 Milton High graduate, has been back at MHS as a teacher for the past eight years.

At Santa Rosa High School, teacher of the year Kim Conolly has found the recipe for success to help students stay on track to graduate, regardless of the challenges they face.

The school gives students ages 16 to 21 a chance to earn a standard high school diploma after they’ve left traditional high school.

Pace High School’s Teacher of the Year never thought he would follow in his mother’s footsteps in her teaching career. Now they both work at the same school.

Growing up, Kurt Chism was unsure of his career path. His mother, Karlyn, was a teacher, but he did not plan to follow in her footsteps.