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| ==Initiatives and Projects Implemented as County Commissioner 2016-2020== | | ==Initiatives and Projects Implemented as County Commissioner 2016-2020== |
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− | ! Initiatives and Projects Implemented as County Commissioner 2016-2020
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− | | Restrooms at [[Beulah Park]] || Completed
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− | | Traffic light at [[Beulah Road]] and [[Mobile Hwy]] || Completed
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− | | [[Mitchell Avenue]] Sidewalks in [[Avondale]] || Completed
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− | | Drainage improvements and Sidewalks project on [[Merlin Road]] || Completed
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− | | 4-lane and sidewalk addition for [[Longleaf Drive]] from [[Pine Forest Road]] to [[Wymart Road]] || funded and currently at 60% design
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− | | $2.5 Million in Restore Act funding for District 1 Boat Ramp and park on [[Perdido Bay]] || Requested
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− | | $1.5 Million in D1 Restore Act funds utilized to help bring the $230 Million ST Engineering Aerospace expansion to Escambia County--1300 new jobs projected, || In progress
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− | | Acquisition of OLF8 in Beulah to be utilized to create mixed-use development and amenities for the Beulah community and an additional 300 jobs at Navy Federal Credit Union || In progress
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− | | Turn Lane at [[Woodside Avenue]] || Completed
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− | | Wilde Lake at Pine Forest Intersection improvements || Completed
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− | | [[Hwy 98]] resurfacing || Completed [[2018]]
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− | | [[Muldoon Road]] resurfacing || Completed [[2018]]
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− | | [[Mobile Hwy]] safety improvements, in Design [[2021]] || completion anticipated [[2022]]
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− | | 4-lane [[9-Mile Road]] with sidewalks and bike lane || Completed by Summer 2020
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− | | [[Bellview Park]] upgrades including new scoreboard || Completed [[2019]]
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− | |NW D1 Advisory committee for intelligent growth in [[Beulah]] || established [[2018]]
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− | |Escambia Youth Commission initiative || Approved and Established [[2019]]
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− | |District 1's first public library || funded and under construction Fall [[2020]]
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− | |[[Beulah Fire Station]] remodel || fully funded and under design Summer [[2020]] by Townes+Architects
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− | |4-Year pay plan for [[Escambia County Deputy Sheriff's Department]] || mediated and implemented [[2018]]
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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. |
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− | *Implementation of a Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Hotline - Independently run
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− | *District-run health clinic November, 2010. This first of its kind in Escambia County Schools
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− | *Implementation of a multi-faceted Drug Eradication Strategy -- this includes canine searches and drug testing students that participate in extracurricular *Video Recording of all workshops and meetings of the School Board
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− | *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.
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− | *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
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− | *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.
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− | *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.
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− | *Initiation of the Establishment of a University Lab School in Partnership with the [[University of West Florida]]. School opened 2010-2011 school year.
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− | *Acceleration of closure and consolidation process to correct district inefficiencies.
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| =="Godzilla" controversy== | | =="Godzilla" controversy== |