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With a declining student population, two lawsuits, and budget shortfalls, Escambia County is confronting the 2026 School Board Elections with the choice of two candidates.
Paul Fetsko, 74, the incumbent, first assumed office in 2019, then was reelected in 2022. Fetsko is a retired Navy veteran and educator who has served for 6 years on the Escambia County School District’s Half-Cent Sales Tax Watchdog Committee and the School Attendance Zone Advisory Committee…