INTERIM TATE BAND DIRECTOR NAMED

Tate High School has a new interim director of bands. Jakob Wisdom  replaces former Tate High School Showband of the South director Roy King who was placed on administrative leave in August and has since resigned. The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office said Friday that an investigation involving King is continuing after unspecified allegations were made, but further details have not been released. Wisdom was born and raised in Pensacola and was a student in the Ransom Middle and Tate High band programs. He received his bachelor degree in music education from the University of Southern Mississippi.

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