{"id":309,"date":"2022-09-21T14:47:53","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T14:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paec.org\/wp\/?page_id=309"},"modified":"2025-10-09T14:32:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T14:32:57","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.paec.org\/wp\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paec.org\/site\/files\/Annual Report 2024-2025.pdf\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"326\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2024-2025 PAEC Annual Report<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Panhandle Area Educational Consortium (PAEC) is Florida\u2019s first, legislatively&nbsp;<strong>(SS 1001.451)&nbsp;<\/strong>created Educational Consortium, founded in 1967 as a support unit to help small districts with limited resources to better serve children, teachers, and administrators. PAEC presently serves 15 member districts, representing over 48,000 students, as well as many other non-member districts who purchase services on a contract basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PAEC is subject to all&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/go.boarddocs.com\/fl\/wcsdschools\/Board.nsf\/Public\"><strong>WCSD Policies and Procedures<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;per <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paec.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2023-2029-Fiscal-Agent-Agreement.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fiscal agency agreement<\/a><\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PAEC Strategic Plan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mission<\/strong>:<br>To provide a continuum of shared services that elevate student achievement throughout all Consortium school districts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Vision<\/strong>:<br>Advancing Schools and Communities for Student Success<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tagline<\/strong>:<br><em>Every Student, Every Day<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Organizational Goals<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PAEC will provide Leadership, Vision, and Shared Services to meet the needs of member districts maximizing student achievement.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PAEC will leverage partnerships to increase opportunities and access for member districts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PAEC will serve as an advocate and unified voice to promote legislative priorities that benefit member districts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PAEC will develop consistent and professional outreach to promote its priorities.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024-2025 PAEC Annual Report The Panhandle Area Educational <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paec.org\/wp\/about-us\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  About Us<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-309","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paec.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paec.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paec.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paec.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paec.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.paec.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4104,"href":"https:\/\/www.paec.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/309\/revisions\/4104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paec.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}