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Pensacola High to launch 7th–8th grade program with 2026–27 start; district details enrollment, facilities and extracurricular plans
Summary
Pensacola High School officials told the Escambia County School Board they plan to enroll 150 seventh-graders and 150 eighth-graders when a new middle school program opens on the high school campus for the 2026–27 school year, and outlined outreach, parking and course offerings at a board workshop.
Pensacola High School Principal Amy Gordon told the Escambia County School District board at a workshop that Pensacola High will add seventh- and eighth-grade cohorts on the high school campus beginning in the 2026–27 school year, with a target of 150 students per grade.
Gordon said the school has begun marketing and outreach for the program, including a postcard mailing to sixth graders at feeder elementary schools, billboards across the county, updated web and social-media pages, and two open houses — one scheduled for the night of the…
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