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We shared this request example with FAB participants: url_qparams = { "limit": count, "offset": offset, "has_group": "false", "order_by": "-activity", "forecast_type": "binary", "project": tournament_id, "status": "open", "type": "forecast", "include_description": "true", } url = f"{api_info.base_url}/questions/" response = requests.get( url, headers={"Authorization": f"Token {api_info.token}"}, params=url_qparams )
But we don't want to support all these parameters, and the ones relevant are: - order_by - status - project - forecast_type - we ignore this, but assume it's binary - FAB only supports binary for now.
GET /api2/questions/?format=api&offset=160
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As cities across America embrace multimodal transportation networks, Pensacola has the opportunity to transform its streets to better serve all users - not just cars. The addition of protected bike lanes and multiuse paths represents a critical step toward safer, more equitable, and more sustainable transportation options.\n\n**The Current State of Cycling Infrastructure**\n\nPensacola's existing bike infrastructure is limited and fragmented:\n- Most bike lanes are unprotected \"sharrows\" or painted lanes offering minimal safety\n- Key corridors lack any bike facilities, forcing cyclists into traffic or onto sidewalks\n- The disconnected network discourages cycling for transportation versus recreation\n- Current infrastructure primarily serves recreational riders rather than commuters\n\nThis gap matters because infrastructure drives behavior. Cities that build protected bike networks see cycling rates increase 200-400%, while reducing injuries for all road users.\n\n**Why Protected Infrastructure Matters**\n\nThe distinction between protected and unprotected bike facilities is crucial:\n\n**Protected Bike Lanes** feature physical separation from traffic through:\n- Bollards, planters, or flexible posts\n- Parking-protected lanes (cars park between bikes and traffic)\n- Raised/elevated lanes at sidewalk level\n- Concrete barriers or medians\n\n**Multiuse Paths** provide completely separated facilities:\n- Shared paths for pedestrians and cyclists\n- Greenways and rail-trails\n- Waterfront or park paths with transportation connectivity\n- Wide sidewalks officially designated for shared use\n\nResearch shows protected infrastructure:\n- Reduces cycling injuries by 90% compared to riding in traffic\n- Increases ridership among women, children, and seniors\n- Improves safety for drivers by clarifying road space\n- Boosts retail sales on commercial corridors by 20-40%\n\n**The Policy Momentum**\n\nSeveral factors align to make 2025-2027 a pivotal period:\n\n1. **Complete Streets Movement**: Growing adoption of policies requiring streets to accommodate all users\n\n2. **Federal Funding**: The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act provides unprecedented funding for bike/pedestrian projects through:\n - Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP)\n - RAISE grants\n - Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A)\n - Carbon Reduction Program\n\n3. **State Support**: Florida's Shared-Use Nonmotorized (SUN) Trail program is expanding statewide networks\n\n4. **Climate Goals**: Transportation accounts for ~29% of US emissions; mode shift is essential\n\n5. **Equity Focus**: Federal Justice40 initiative directs 40% of benefits to disadvantaged communities\n\n**Potential Projects and Corridors**\n\nBased on Pensacola's geography and needs, likely candidates for protected infrastructure include:\n\n**High-Priority Corridors**:\n- Main Street/Bayfront Parkway connection to downtown\n- Cervantes Street (major east-west arterial)\n- Davis Highway commercial corridor\n- 9th Avenue to connect neighborhoods\n- University Parkway near UWF campus\n- Palafox Street downtown enhancement\n\n**Network Connections**:\n- Bruce Beach to downtown waterfront\n- Airport Boulevard to Naval Air Station\n- Bayou Texar greenway extension\n- Carpenter Creek Trail expansion\n- Cross-city connection from ferry terminal to UWF\n\n**Quick-Build Opportunities**:\n- Road diets on overbuilt streets\n- Parking-protected lanes downtown\n- Conversion of underused parking lanes\n- Tactical urbanism demonstrations becoming permanent\n\n**The 10-Mile Target**\n\nTen miles represents an ambitious but achievable goal that would:\n- Double or triple existing protected infrastructure\n- Create a connected network core\n- Serve multiple neighborhoods and destinations\n- Demonstrate serious commitment to multimodal transportation\n- Qualify for additional federal/state funding\n\nFor context, peer cities have achieved:\n- St. Petersburg: 20+ miles added 2017-2022\n- Orlando: 15 miles added 2019-2023\n- Gainesville: 12 miles added 2020-2024\n- Tallahassee: 8 miles added 2018-2022\n\n**Implementation Strategies**\n\nCities successfully adding protected infrastructure use multiple approaches:\n\n**Quick-Build Methods** (Lower cost, faster):\n- Striping and flexible posts: $50,000-$150,000/mile\n- Parking reconfiguration: $75,000-$200,000/mile\n- Temporary-to-permanent installations\n- Pilot projects that can be adjusted\n\n**Capital Construction** (Higher cost, permanent):\n- Raised cycle tracks: $500,000-$1,000,000/mile\n- Multiuse paths: $300,000-$800,000/mile\n- Full street reconstruction: $1,000,000-$3,000,000/mile\n- Greenway development: $500,000-$1,500,000/mile\n\n**Measuring Progress**\n\nCities track bike infrastructure through:\n- Annual inventory reports\n- GIS mapping and public dashboards\n- Before/after usage counts\n- Capital project completion reports\n- Grant reporting requirements\n\n**Challenges to Implementation**\n\nSeveral obstacles could slow progress:\n\n1. **Political Opposition**: Business owner concerns about parking; 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City of Pensacola official bike infrastructure inventory/report\n2. City of Pensacola Public Works or Transportation Department data\n3. TPO (Transportation Planning Organization) bike facility database\n4. City Council reports on infrastructure progress\n5. 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As cities across America embrace multimodal transportation networks, Pensacola has the opportunity to transform its streets to better serve all users - not just cars. The addition of protected bike lanes and multiuse paths represents a critical step toward safer, more equitable, and more sustainable transportation options.\n\n**The Current State of Cycling Infrastructure**\n\nPensacola's existing bike infrastructure is limited and fragmented:\n- Most bike lanes are unprotected \"sharrows\" or painted lanes offering minimal safety\n- Key corridors lack any bike facilities, forcing cyclists into traffic or onto sidewalks\n- The disconnected network discourages cycling for transportation versus recreation\n- Current infrastructure primarily serves recreational riders rather than commuters\n\nThis gap matters because infrastructure drives behavior. Cities that build protected bike networks see cycling rates increase 200-400%, while reducing injuries for all road users.\n\n**Why Protected Infrastructure Matters**\n\nThe distinction between protected and unprotected bike facilities is crucial:\n\n**Protected Bike Lanes** feature physical separation from traffic through:\n- Bollards, planters, or flexible posts\n- Parking-protected lanes (cars park between bikes and traffic)\n- Raised/elevated lanes at sidewalk level\n- Concrete barriers or medians\n\n**Multiuse Paths** provide completely separated facilities:\n- Shared paths for pedestrians and cyclists\n- Greenways and rail-trails\n- Waterfront or park paths with transportation connectivity\n- Wide sidewalks officially designated for shared use\n\nResearch shows protected infrastructure:\n- Reduces cycling injuries by 90% compared to riding in traffic\n- Increases ridership among women, children, and seniors\n- Improves safety for drivers by clarifying road space\n- Boosts retail sales on commercial corridors by 20-40%\n\n**The Policy Momentum**\n\nSeveral factors align to make 2025-2027 a pivotal period:\n\n1. **Complete Streets Movement**: Growing adoption of policies requiring streets to accommodate all users\n\n2. **Federal Funding**: The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act provides unprecedented funding for bike/pedestrian projects through:\n - 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After serving the community for over 70 years, the hospital's relocation to its Nine Mile Road campus in 2023 left behind a prime 50-acre site in the heart of the city, ripe for transformation.\n\n**The Site's Strategic Importance**\n\nLocated on Pensacola Bay with stunning waterfront views, the Baptist Hospital property sits at the intersection of several key neighborhoods:\n- Downtown Pensacola's urban core to the west\n- Historic North Hill to the north\n- The Tanyard and Belmont-DeVilliers neighborhoods to the northeast\n- Pensacola Bay and Bayfront Parkway to the south\n\nThis location makes it a crucial link between downtown and midtown, with the potential to either bridge or deepen existing divides in the community.\n\n**Current Status and Activity**\n\nSince the hospital's relocation, significant progress has been made:\n\n1. **Demolition Underway**: The systematic demolition of hospital buildings began in 2024, with environmental remediation protocols in place for hazardous materials like asbestos.\n\n2. **Environmental Assessment**: Phase I and Phase II environmental site assessments are being conducted to identify and address any contamination from decades of medical facility operations.\n\n3. **Community Engagement**: Multiple public input sessions have gathered resident priorities, consistently highlighting needs for:\n - Affordable and workforce housing\n - Public green space and waterfront access\n - Economic development and job creation\n - Community amenities and services\n - Connectivity to surrounding neighborhoods\n\n4. **Funding Momentum**: The project has attracted significant funding interest:\n - Federal and state grants for brownfield remediation\n - Tax increment financing (TIF) district potential\n - Private developer interest\n - Opportunity Zone designation benefits\n\n**The Vision Taking Shape**\n\nWhile the final plan awaits formal approval, emerging concepts include:\n\n**Mixed-Use Development Components**:\n- Residential: Mix of market-rate, workforce, and affordable housing units\n- Commercial: Retail, restaurants, and office space\n- Healthcare: Potential medical offices or wellness facilities\n- Civic: Public spaces, parks, and community facilities\n- Hospitality: Hotel or conference center possibilities\n- Education: Workforce training or satellite campus facilities\n\n**Key Planning Principles**:\n- Walkable, pedestrian-friendly design\n- Public waterfront access and amenities\n- Green infrastructure and resilience features\n- Historic preservation where applicable\n- Transit connectivity and reduced car dependence\n- Economic opportunity for local residents\n\n**Why June 2026 is the Critical Deadline**\n\nSeveral factors converge to make mid-2026 the key decision point:\n\n1. **Federal Funding Cycles**: Many infrastructure and community development grants require approved plans and timelines. Missing 2026 deadlines could mean waiting years for the next funding cycle.\n\n2. **Market Conditions**: Interest rates, construction costs, and developer appetite are volatile. Delays risk losing committed partners or favorable financing.\n\n3. **Community Patience**: After years of planning, residents expect visible progress. Further delays could erode public support and political will.\n\n4. **Regional Competition**: Other Gulf Coast cities are advancing major waterfront projects. Pensacola risks falling behind in attracting investment and talent.\n\n5. **Environmental Windows**: Remediation and construction have optimal seasonal windows. Missing 2026 approval could push major work into less favorable conditions.\n\n**The Approval Process**\n\nFor a mixed-use redevelopment plan to receive \"final approval,\" it typically must:\n\n1. **Master Plan Completion**: Comprehensive site plan with land uses, densities, and design guidelines\n2. **Environmental Clearance**: All remediation plans approved by DEP/EPA\n3. **Traffic and Infrastructure Studies**: Demonstrating capacity and mitigation strategies\n4. **Financial Feasibility**: Proven funding sources and development partners\n5. **Zoning Alignment**: Necessary rezoning or planned development approvals\n6. **Public Review**: Community input periods and planning board recommendations\n7. **Council Vote**: Formal adoption by Pensacola City Council\n\n**Stakeholders and Interests**\n\nMultiple parties have stakes in the outcome:\n\n**Public Sector**:\n- City of Pensacola (landowner seeking highest/best use)\n- Escambia County (regional economic development)\n- ECAT (transit planning and connectivity)\n- School District (potential workforce development partner)\n\n**Private Sector**:\n- Master developers and builders\n- Healthcare systems (potential continued presence)\n- Hospitality and retail operators\n- Financial institutions and investors\n\n**Community Groups**:\n- Neighborhood associations from surrounding areas\n- Affordable housing advocates\n- Environmental organizations\n- Historic preservation groups\n- Economic justice coalitions\n\n**Potential Obstacles**\n\nSeveral challenges could delay or derail approval:\n\n1. **Environmental Complications**: Discovery of significant contamination requiring extended remediation\n2. **Financial Gaps**: Inability to secure sufficient funding or developer commitments\n3. **Political Changes**: New city council members with different priorities after elections\n4. **Legal Challenges**: Lawsuits over environmental, zoning, or procurement issues\n5. **Community Opposition**: Organized resistance over gentrification, traffic, or design concerns\n6. **Market Shifts**: Economic downturn affecting developer interest or financing\n\n**Indicators to Watch**\n\nLeading indicators of likely approval include:\n- Selection of a master developer (if not already done)\n- Completion of environmental remediation plans\n- Public infrastructure funding announcements\n- Planning board recommendations\n- Community benefit agreements with neighborhoods\n- Pre-development agreements with anchor tenants/users\n\n**The Stakes for Pensacola**\n\n**If Approved by June 2026**:\n- Catalyzes downtown expansion and economic growth\n- Creates housing supply to address affordability crisis\n- Generates significant tax revenue and jobs\n- Establishes Pensacola as a forward-thinking Gulf Coast city\n- Provides model for other large-scale redevelopments\n\n**If Not Approved**:\n- Leaves valuable land vacant and unproductive\n- Misses federal funding opportunities\n- Continues community fragmentation\n- Risks site deterioration and blight\n- Delays economic development for years\n\nThis redevelopment represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reshape Pensacola's urban core, address longstanding community needs, and position the city for sustainable growth. The June 2026 deadline marks the critical juncture between vision and reality.", "resolution_criteria": "Scroll down to the Background section for more on this question and why it's important for our community.\n\nThis question will resolve based on the formal approval of a mixed-use redevelopment plan for the former Baptist Hospital site by the Pensacola City Council.\n\n**What Qualifies as \"Final Approval\":**\n\nThe plan must receive formal approval through ONE of the following:\n1. City Council resolution adopting a master development plan\n2. City Council approval of a Planned Unit Development (PUD)\n3. City Council approval of a Development Agreement with master developer(s)\n4. City Council approval of a rezoning with associated site plan for mixed-use development\n\n**Required Elements for \"Mixed-Use Redevelopment Plan\":**\n\nThe approved plan must include at least 3 of the following 5 use categories:\n1. **Residential** (apartments, condos, townhomes, or single-family)\n2. **Commercial** (retail, restaurants, or office space)\n3. **Civic/Public** (parks, community centers, public spaces)\n4. **Healthcare/Medical** (medical offices, wellness facilities, clinics)\n5. **Hospitality/Entertainment** (hotel, conference center, cultural venues)\n\n**Site Definition:**\n- The \"former Baptist Hospital site\" refers to the approximately 50-acre property bounded generally by:\n - North: Cervantes Street area\n - South: Pensacola Bay/Bayfront Parkway\n - East: 9th Avenue area\n - West: A Street/Commendencia area\n- Minor boundary adjustments (±5 acres) don't affect resolution\n- If the site is subdivided, approval must cover at least 30 acres of the original campus\n\n**What Constitutes \"Approval\":**\n- Must be a formal vote by Pensacola City Council\n- Must pass by required majority (simple majority unless charter requires otherwise)\n- Must be recorded in official meeting minutes\n- Conditional approvals count IF conditions are administrative (not requiring another Council vote)\n\n**What Does NOT Qualify:**\n- Conceptual plans or vision documents without formal adoption\n- Planning Board or committee recommendations alone\n- Developer proposals that haven't received Council approval\n- Single-use development plans (e.g., only residential or only commercial)\n- Interim or temporary use approvals\n- Land sales without development plan approval\n- Request for Proposals (RFP) or Request for Qualifications (RFQ) issuance\n\n**Timeline Clarifications:**\n- Approval must occur by 11:59 PM CDT/CST on June 30, 2026\n- If a plan is approved but then rescinded before June 30, 2026: Resolves NO\n- If approval is scheduled for June 30, 2026 meeting but postponed: Resolves NO\n- Multi-phase approvals: Only the first phase needs approval by deadline if it meets mixed-use criteria\n\n**Data Sources for Resolution:**\nPrimary sources (in order of preference):\n1. Pensacola City Council official meeting minutes\n2. City of Pensacola official website/press releases\n3. City Clerk's office records\n4. Pensacola News Journal or other local news with official confirmation\n5. Developer announcements confirmed by city officials\n\n**Edge Cases:**\n- If the hospital retains part of the site for medical use but the remainder gets mixed-use approval: Resolves YES if the mixed-use portion meets the criteria\n- If the state or county takes over the property: Resolves NO (must be City Council approval)\n- If Pensacola merges with Escambia County before June 30, 2026: Resolves AMBIGUOUS\n- If only infrastructure or remediation plans are approved without development plans: Resolves NO\n- If a judge overturns the approval after June 30, 2026: Still resolves YES (based on approval by deadline)", "fine_print": "", "post_id": 39176, "aggregations": { "recency_weighted": { "history": [], "latest": null, "score_data": {}, "movement": null }, "unweighted": { "history": [], "latest": null, "score_data": {}, "movement": null }, "single_aggregation": { "history": [], "latest": null, "score_data": {}, "movement": null }, "metaculus_prediction": { "history": [], "latest": null, "score_data": {}, "movement": null } } }, "user_permission": "forecaster", "vote": { "score": 0, "user_vote": null }, "forecasts_count": 0, "key_factors": [], "is_current_content_translated": false, "description": "The former Baptist Hospital campus in downtown Pensacola represents one of the most significant redevelopment opportunities in the city's recent history. After serving the community for over 70 years, the hospital's relocation to its Nine Mile Road campus in 2023 left behind a prime 50-acre site in the heart of the city, ripe for transformation.\n\n**The Site's Strategic Importance**\n\nLocated on Pensacola Bay with stunning waterfront views, the Baptist Hospital property sits at the intersection of several key neighborhoods:\n- Downtown Pensacola's urban core to the west\n- Historic North Hill to the north\n- The Tanyard and Belmont-DeVilliers neighborhoods to the northeast\n- Pensacola Bay and Bayfront Parkway to the south\n\nThis location makes it a crucial link between downtown and midtown, with the potential to either bridge or deepen existing divides in the community.\n\n**Current Status and Activity**\n\nSince the hospital's relocation, significant progress has been made:\n\n1. **Demolition Underway**: The systematic demolition of hospital buildings began in 2024, with environmental remediation protocols in place for hazardous materials like asbestos.\n\n2. **Environmental Assessment**: Phase I and Phase II environmental site assessments are being conducted to identify and address any contamination from decades of medical facility operations.\n\n3. **Community Engagement**: Multiple public input sessions have gathered resident priorities, consistently highlighting needs for:\n - Affordable and workforce housing\n - Public green space and waterfront access\n - Economic development and job creation\n - Community amenities and services\n - Connectivity to surrounding neighborhoods\n\n4. **Funding Momentum**: The project has attracted significant funding interest:\n - Federal and state grants for brownfield remediation\n - Tax increment financing (TIF) district potential\n - Private developer interest\n - Opportunity Zone designation benefits\n\n**The Vision Taking Shape**\n\nWhile the final plan awaits formal approval, emerging concepts include:\n\n**Mixed-Use Development Components**:\n- Residential: Mix of market-rate, workforce, and affordable housing units\n- Commercial: Retail, restaurants, and office space\n- Healthcare: Potential medical offices or wellness facilities\n- Civic: Public spaces, parks, and community facilities\n- Hospitality: Hotel or conference center possibilities\n- Education: Workforce training or satellite campus facilities\n\n**Key Planning Principles**:\n- Walkable, pedestrian-friendly design\n- Public waterfront access and amenities\n- Green infrastructure and resilience features\n- Historic preservation where applicable\n- Transit connectivity and reduced car dependence\n- Economic opportunity for local residents\n\n**Why June 2026 is the Critical Deadline**\n\nSeveral factors converge to make mid-2026 the key decision point:\n\n1. **Federal Funding Cycles**: Many infrastructure and community development grants require approved plans and timelines. Missing 2026 deadlines could mean waiting years for the next funding cycle.\n\n2. **Market Conditions**: Interest rates, construction costs, and developer appetite are volatile. Delays risk losing committed partners or favorable financing.\n\n3. **Community Patience**: After years of planning, residents expect visible progress. Further delays could erode public support and political will.\n\n4. **Regional Competition**: Other Gulf Coast cities are advancing major waterfront projects. Pensacola risks falling behind in attracting investment and talent.\n\n5. **Environmental Windows**: Remediation and construction have optimal seasonal windows. Missing 2026 approval could push major work into less favorable conditions.\n\n**The Approval Process**\n\nFor a mixed-use redevelopment plan to receive \"final approval,\" it typically must:\n\n1. **Master Plan Completion**: Comprehensive site plan with land uses, densities, and design guidelines\n2. **Environmental Clearance**: All remediation plans approved by DEP/EPA\n3. **Traffic and Infrastructure Studies**: Demonstrating capacity and mitigation strategies\n4. **Financial Feasibility**: Proven funding sources and development partners\n5. **Zoning Alignment**: Necessary rezoning or planned development approvals\n6. **Public Review**: Community input periods and planning board recommendations\n7. **Council Vote**: Formal adoption by Pensacola City Council\n\n**Stakeholders and Interests**\n\nMultiple parties have stakes in the outcome:\n\n**Public Sector**:\n- City of Pensacola (landowner seeking highest/best use)\n- Escambia County (regional economic development)\n- ECAT (transit planning and connectivity)\n- School District (potential workforce development partner)\n\n**Private Sector**:\n- Master developers and builders\n- Healthcare systems (potential continued presence)\n- Hospitality and retail operators\n- Financial institutions and investors\n\n**Community Groups**:\n- Neighborhood associations from surrounding areas\n- Affordable housing advocates\n- Environmental organizations\n- Historic preservation groups\n- Economic justice coalitions\n\n**Potential Obstacles**\n\nSeveral challenges could delay or derail approval:\n\n1. **Environmental Complications**: Discovery of significant contamination requiring extended remediation\n2. **Financial Gaps**: Inability to secure sufficient funding or developer commitments\n3. **Political Changes**: New city council members with different priorities after elections\n4. **Legal Challenges**: Lawsuits over environmental, zoning, or procurement issues\n5. **Community Opposition**: Organized resistance over gentrification, traffic, or design concerns\n6. **Market Shifts**: Economic downturn affecting developer interest or financing\n\n**Indicators to Watch**\n\nLeading indicators of likely approval include:\n- Selection of a master developer (if not already done)\n- Completion of environmental remediation plans\n- Public infrastructure funding announcements\n- Planning board recommendations\n- Community benefit agreements with neighborhoods\n- Pre-development agreements with anchor tenants/users\n\n**The Stakes for Pensacola**\n\n**If Approved by June 2026**:\n- Catalyzes downtown expansion and economic growth\n- Creates housing supply to address affordability crisis\n- Generates significant tax revenue and jobs\n- Establishes Pensacola as a forward-thinking Gulf Coast city\n- Provides model for other large-scale redevelopments\n\n**If Not Approved**:\n- Leaves valuable land vacant and unproductive\n- Misses federal funding opportunities\n- Continues community fragmentation\n- Risks site deterioration and blight\n- Delays economic development for years\n\nThis redevelopment represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reshape Pensacola's urban core, address longstanding community needs, and position the city for sustainable growth. 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From Hurricane Sally's devastating impact in 2020 to ongoing concerns about sea level rise, flooding, and economic vulnerability, the need for a coordinated resilience strategy has never been clearer.\n\n**What is a Resilience Plan?**\n\nA resilience plan is a comprehensive framework that helps cities prepare for, respond to, and recover from various shocks and stresses. These plans typically address:\n- Climate adaptation and mitigation strategies\n- Infrastructure improvements and green infrastructure\n- Economic diversification and workforce development\n- Social equity and community engagement\n- Emergency preparedness and response systems\n- Housing resilience and affordability\n- Public health preparedness\n\n**The Current Landscape in Pensacola**\n\nWhile Pensacola has taken some steps toward resilience:\n- The city has a Hazard Mitigation Plan focused on natural disasters\n- Various departments work on sustainability initiatives\n- The CivicCon speaker series has featured resilience experts\n- Community organizations advocate for climate action\n\nHowever, these efforts remain fragmented without an overarching resilience framework to coordinate them.\n\n**Why This Matters Now**\n\nSeveral factors make 2025-2026 a critical window for resilience planning:\n\n1. **Increasing Climate Risks**: NOAA projects continued sea level rise and more intense hurricanes affecting the Gulf Coast. Pensacola has experienced significant flooding events, and climate models suggest these will become more frequent.\n\n2. **Federal Funding Opportunities**: The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and Inflation Reduction Act have made billions available for resilience projects, but many grants require or prioritize cities with formal resilience plans.\n\n3. **Regional Competition**: Other Florida cities have moved ahead:\n - Miami has a Chief Resilience Officer and comprehensive plan\n - St. Petersburg adopted its Integrated Sustainability Action Plan\n - Orlando created its Future-Ready City Master Plan\n - Tampa Bay has a regional resilience coalition\n\n4. **Economic Imperatives**: Credit rating agencies now factor climate resilience into municipal bond ratings. Insurance costs continue rising for properties in vulnerable areas without mitigation strategies.\n\n**What Would a Pensacola Resilience Plan Include?**\n\nBased on best practices from other coastal cities, a comprehensive plan would likely address:\n\n- **Coastal Protection**: Nature-based solutions like living shorelines, dune restoration, and oyster reef development\n- **Stormwater Management**: Green infrastructure, permeable surfaces, and improved drainage systems\n- **Building Standards**: Updated codes for wind resistance, elevation requirements, and flood-resistant construction\n- **Economic Resilience**: Diversification strategies, workforce retraining, and support for climate-adapted industries\n- **Social Equity**: Ensuring vulnerable populations have access to cooling centers, evacuation resources, and recovery assistance\n- **Energy Systems**: Microgrids, renewable energy, and backup power for critical facilities\n- **Transportation**: Elevated roads, alternative evacuation routes, and resilient public transit\n\n**The Path Forward**\n\nCities typically develop resilience plans through:\n1. Forming a resilience task force or hiring a Chief Resilience Officer\n2. Conducting vulnerability assessments\n3. Engaging community stakeholders through workshops and surveys\n4. Developing strategies with measurable goals\n5. Formal adoption by city council\n6. Implementation with regular progress monitoring\n\n**Challenges and Opportunities**\n\nPotential obstacles include:\n- Limited city budget and staff capacity\n- Political disagreements about climate action\n- Competing priorities for city resources\n- Need for regional coordination\n\nHowever, opportunities exist through:\n- Growing public awareness after recent hurricanes\n- Available federal and state grant funding\n- University partnerships (UWF, PSC)\n- Business community interest in protecting investments\n- Military installation resilience needs (NAS Pensacola)\n\n**The Stakes**\n\nWithout a resilience plan, Pensacola risks:\n- Missing out on competitive grant funding\n- Higher insurance costs and lower bond ratings\n- Continued vulnerability to climate impacts\n- Loss of residents and businesses to more prepared cities\n- Reactive rather than proactive disaster spending\n\nWith a plan, the city could:\n- Access millions in implementation funding\n- Reduce long-term costs through proactive investment\n- Attract climate-conscious residents and businesses\n- Protect vulnerable communities\n- Preserve Pensacola's historic character and natural assets", "resolution_criteria": "Scroll down to the Background section for more on this question and why it's important for our community.\n\nThis question will resolve based on the formal adoption of a comprehensive citywide resilience plan by the Pensacola City Council.\n\n**What Qualifies as a \"Citywide Resilience Plan\":**\n\nThe plan must meet ALL of the following criteria:\n\n1. **Comprehensive Scope**: Addresses at least 5 of these 8 areas:\n - Climate adaptation/mitigation\n - Infrastructure resilience\n - Economic resilience\n - Social equity/community resilience\n - Emergency management/disaster preparedness\n - Housing resilience\n - Public health preparedness\n - Environmental/ecosystem resilience\n\n2. **Formal Adoption**: Officially adopted by Pensacola City Council through:\n - Council resolution OR\n - Ordinance OR\n - Formal vote to approve the plan\n\n3. **Citywide Coverage**: Must cover the entire City of Pensacola (not just specific neighborhoods or sectors)\n\n4. **Strategic Framework**: Must include:\n - Identified goals or objectives\n - Proposed actions or strategies\n - Some form of implementation timeline or framework\n\n**What Does NOT Qualify:**\n- Departmental plans (unless adopted as citywide policy)\n- Studies or assessments without implementation strategies\n- Grant applications or proposals\n- Regional plans unless formally adopted by Pensacola\n- Updates to existing narrow-scope plans (like just hazard mitigation)\n- Draft plans that haven't been formally adopted\n\n**Acceptable Plan Titles:**\nThe plan may be called any of the following (or similar):\n- Resilience Plan/Strategy/Framework\n- Climate Action and Resilience Plan\n- Comprehensive Resilience Plan\n- Sustainability and Resilience Plan\n- Climate Adaptation Plan (if comprehensive)\n- Integrated Resilience Strategy\n\n**Data Sources for Resolution:**\nPrimary sources (in order of preference):\n1. Official Pensacola City Council meeting minutes/records\n2. City of Pensacola official website/press releases\n3. Local news coverage with official confirmation\n4. 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From Hurricane Sally's devastating impact in 2020 to ongoing concerns about sea level rise, flooding, and economic vulnerability, the need for a coordinated resilience strategy has never been clearer.\n\n**What is a Resilience Plan?**\n\nA resilience plan is a comprehensive framework that helps cities prepare for, respond to, and recover from various shocks and stresses. These plans typically address:\n- Climate adaptation and mitigation strategies\n- Infrastructure improvements and green infrastructure\n- Economic diversification and workforce development\n- Social equity and community engagement\n- Emergency preparedness and response systems\n- Housing resilience and affordability\n- Public health preparedness\n\n**The Current Landscape in Pensacola**\n\nWhile Pensacola has taken some steps toward resilience:\n- The city has a Hazard Mitigation Plan focused on natural disasters\n- Various departments work on sustainability initiatives\n- The CivicCon speaker series has featured resilience experts\n- Community organizations advocate for climate action\n\nHowever, these efforts remain fragmented without an overarching resilience framework to coordinate them.\n\n**Why This Matters Now**\n\nSeveral factors make 2025-2026 a critical window for resilience planning:\n\n1. **Increasing Climate Risks**: NOAA projects continued sea level rise and more intense hurricanes affecting the Gulf Coast. Pensacola has experienced significant flooding events, and climate models suggest these will become more frequent.\n\n2. **Federal Funding Opportunities**: The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and Inflation Reduction Act have made billions available for resilience projects, but many grants require or prioritize cities with formal resilience plans.\n\n3. **Regional Competition**: Other Florida cities have moved ahead:\n - Miami has a Chief Resilience Officer and comprehensive plan\n - St. Petersburg adopted its Integrated Sustainability Action Plan\n - Orlando created its Future-Ready City Master Plan\n - Tampa Bay has a regional resilience coalition\n\n4. **Economic Imperatives**: Credit rating agencies now factor climate resilience into municipal bond ratings. Insurance costs continue rising for properties in vulnerable areas without mitigation strategies.\n\n**What Would a Pensacola Resilience Plan Include?**\n\nBased on best practices from other coastal cities, a comprehensive plan would likely address:\n\n- **Coastal Protection**: Nature-based solutions like living shorelines, dune restoration, and oyster reef development\n- **Stormwater Management**: Green infrastructure, permeable surfaces, and improved drainage systems\n- **Building Standards**: Updated codes for wind resistance, elevation requirements, and flood-resistant construction\n- **Economic Resilience**: Diversification strategies, workforce retraining, and support for climate-adapted industries\n- **Social Equity**: Ensuring vulnerable populations have access to cooling centers, evacuation resources, and recovery assistance\n- **Energy Systems**: Microgrids, renewable energy, and backup power for critical facilities\n- **Transportation**: Elevated roads, alternative evacuation routes, and resilient public transit\n\n**The Path Forward**\n\nCities typically develop resilience plans through:\n1. Forming a resilience task force or hiring a Chief Resilience Officer\n2. Conducting vulnerability assessments\n3. Engaging community stakeholders through workshops and surveys\n4. Developing strategies with measurable goals\n5. Formal adoption by city council\n6. Implementation with regular progress monitoring\n\n**Challenges and Opportunities**\n\nPotential obstacles include:\n- Limited city budget and staff capacity\n- Political disagreements about climate action\n- Competing priorities for city resources\n- Need for regional coordination\n\nHowever, opportunities exist through:\n- Growing public awareness after recent hurricanes\n- Available federal and state grant funding\n- University partnerships (UWF, PSC)\n- Business community interest in protecting investments\n- Military installation resilience needs (NAS Pensacola)\n\n**The Stakes**\n\nWithout a resilience plan, Pensacola risks:\n- Missing out on competitive grant funding\n- Higher insurance costs and lower bond ratings\n- Continued vulnerability to climate impacts\n- Loss of residents and businesses to more prepared cities\n- Reactive rather than proactive disaster spending\n\nWith a plan, the city could:\n- Access millions in implementation funding\n- Reduce long-term costs through proactive investment\n- Attract climate-conscious residents and businesses\n- Protect vulnerable communities\n- Preserve Pensacola's historic character and natural assets" }, { "id": 39174, "title": "Will Phase 1 of the Hollice T. 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Williams Greenway is a major urban green infrastructure and recreation project in Pensacola, Florida, highlighted as a top priority in the city’s Strive to Thrive: Pensacola 2035 strategic plan (see especially Executive Summary and Implementation sections). Phase 1 will create a continuous public green spine anchored by upgraded stormwater features, trails, and community gathering spaces, with the Blake Doyle Skatepark as a key anchor.\n\n## Relevant Links and Resources\n\n* [City’s official Hollice T. Williams Park & Greenway project page](https://www.cityofpensacola.com/CivicSend/ViewMessage/Message/257114)\n* [HTW Pensacola master plan and project booklet (PDF)](https://htwpensacola.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/HTW-2045-Visioning-Plan-Booklet.pdf)\n* [Recent public engagement update (April 2025) – City unveiling Greenway vision](https://www.cityofpensacola.com/CivicSend/ViewMessage/Message/257114)\n* [Local news on stormwater park progress and grant funding](https://www.cityofpensacola.com/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=4573)\n\n## Notes\n\n* For context on phase boundaries and project definition, see official materials from the city and the HTW project booklet above.\n* This question tracks a high-profile milestone in Pensacola’s community infrastructure, with both environmental (stormwater) and recreational (multi-use path/park) components.\n\n## Key Supporting News & Project Updates\n\n**Design Completion:**\nThe final Phase 1 design is scheduled for completion by mid-2027, with construction expected to begin in early 2026 to meet grant deadlines and utilize funding on schedule.\n[HTW Pensacola master plan and project booklet (PDF of 2045 Vision)](https://htwpensacola.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/HTW-2045-Visioning-Plan-Booklet.pdf)\n\n**Public Engagement:**\nCommunity engagement sessions in spring and summer 2025 have refined the design and vision for the greenway; the schedule remains on track and public feedback has been largely positive.\n[City to Unveil Vision Plan for Hollice T. Williams Park (April 2025)](https://www.cityofpensacola.com/CivicSend/ViewMessage/Message/257114)\n[City of Pensacola to Unveil Vision Plan for Hollice T. Williams Park Next Week (City news, April 2025)](https://www.cityofpensacola.com/CivicAlerts.asp?AID=4636\\&ARC=5242)\n\n**City Council Actions:**\nThe Pensacola City Council formally accepted the redevelopment and improvement plan for the Hollice T. Williams Park in late 2024, moving the project into the execution phase.\n[Pensacola city council votes to accept redevelopment plan (WEAR TV, Nov 2024)](https://weartv.com/news/local/pensacola-city-council-votes-to-accept-redevelopment-plan-for-hollice-t-williams-park)\n\n**Design Plans Unveiled:**\nDetailed design plans for the revamped park and greenway were publicly released in April 2025, outlining the scope, timeline, and community impact of Phase 1.\n[Pensacola unveils design plans for revamped Hollice T. Williams Park (WEAR TV, April 2025)](https://weartv.com/news/local/gallery-pensacola-unveils-design-plans-for-revamped-hollice-t-williams-park)\n\n**Funding:**\nPensacola secured a \\$5M U.S. DOT grant and other funding commitments for the stormwater park development and greenway enhancements, eliminating major financial uncertainties for Phase 1.\n[Pensacola awarded \\$5M U.S. DOT grant for stormwater park development](https://weartv.com/news/local/pensacola-awarded-5m-grant-for-hollice-t-williams-stormwater-park-development)\n\n**Official Project Page and Ongoing Updates:**\nThe city and project organizers maintain up-to-date resources and schedules, providing regular progress reports and engagement updates.\n[Official project page and vision plan updates](https://htwpensacola.com/about/)\n\n**Public Design Events:**\nPublic kickoff meetings and workshops have helped shape priorities and clarify project milestones, including Phase 1’s timeline and scope.\n[Hollice T. Williams Park Redesign Kickoff Meeting - YouTube (Feb 2025)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWOMkVrQzho)\n\n## [](https://weartv.com/news/local/pensacola-city-council-votes-to-accept-redevelopment-plan-for-hollice-t-williams-park)", "resolution_criteria": "* “Open for regular public access” is defined as: The majority of the new greenway path, streetscape, and park facilities intended for Phase 1 are accessible to the general public (not temporarily closed for construction), and there is a public announcement by city or county officials declaring the opening.\n* “Phase 1” is as explicitly defined by official city or project communications, typically covering the area from the Blake Doyle Skatepark to the initial north-south multi-use path elements and key stormwater improvements.\n* If substantial delays occur preventing opening to the public until after July 1, 2027, this resolves NO.\n* YES: Clear and credible public documentation (such as a city press release, news report, or official city meeting transcript) confirms regular public access for the new Phase 1 segment by or before July 1, 2027.\n* NO: If by July 1, 2027, most of Phase 1 is still closed to the public for construction, or if only ceremonial or very limited access is available, or there is no public announcement of an opening.", "fine_print": "", "post_id": 39174, "aggregations": { "recency_weighted": { "history": [], "latest": null, "score_data": {}, "movement": null }, "unweighted": { "history": [], "latest": null, "score_data": {}, "movement": null }, "single_aggregation": { "history": [], "latest": null, "score_data": {}, "movement": null }, "metaculus_prediction": { "history": [], "latest": null, "score_data": {}, "movement": null } } }, "user_permission": "forecaster", "vote": { "score": 0, "user_vote": null }, "forecasts_count": 0, "key_factors": [], "is_current_content_translated": false, "description": "## Background\n\nThe Hollice T. Williams Greenway is a major urban green infrastructure and recreation project in Pensacola, Florida, highlighted as a top priority in the city’s Strive to Thrive: Pensacola 2035 strategic plan (see especially Executive Summary and Implementation sections). Phase 1 will create a continuous public green spine anchored by upgraded stormwater features, trails, and community gathering spaces, with the Blake Doyle Skatepark as a key anchor.\n\n## Relevant Links and Resources\n\n* [City’s official Hollice T. 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According to the [scenario report](https://ai-pathways.existentialhope.com/the-tool-ai-2035-scenario-essay/), looking back on how history played out from 2025 to 2035:\n\n> Standardized reproducibility mandates: Funders and journals began requiring deposition of AI models and their machine-readable epistemic metadata as a condition of publication. This created an interoperable, auditable global research ecosystem, making it possible to verify results and trace ideas back to source data.\n\n> A new IP regime for AI-assisted discovery: Legal and economic frameworks adapted to handle attribution and intellectual property when discoveries were co-generated by humans and AI tools. 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In 2025, the prospect of automation displacing work was often framed as a threat. By 2035, in much of the world, it is seen as a trade worth making. The combination of reduced hours, safer work, better health, and more time for human pursuits has made life better for most, though not all.*\n\n***\n\nThe Tool AI Scenario charts a plausible course toward a future where AI tools amplify human potential rather than replacing humans. It examines whether AI will become the primary driver of scientific discovery in biology and chemistry.\n\nIn the Tool AI scenario, researchers rely heavily on AI to generate hypotheses, simulate experiments, and explore new scientific pathways. A majority of top-cited discoveries being AI-enabled would support the scenario’s vision of AI as a core scientific collaborator. According to the [scenario report](https://ai-pathways.existentialhope.com/the-tool-ai-2035-scenario-essay/), looking back on how history played out from 2025 to 2035:\n\n> Standardized reproducibility mandates: Funders and journals began requiring deposition of AI models and their machine-readable epistemic metadata as a condition of publication. This created an interoperable, auditable global research ecosystem, making it possible to verify results and trace ideas back to source data.\n\n> A new IP regime for AI-assisted discovery: Legal and economic frameworks adapted to handle attribution and intellectual property when discoveries were co-generated by humans and AI tools. 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But what if there’s a third option for managing superintelligence risks, one that embraces rapid progress while distributing rather than concentrating power?*\n\n***\n\nThe d/acc scenario envisions \"TradFi-DeFi\" integration (traditional finance and [decentralized finance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decentralized_finance)) as a key mechanism enabling broader participation in decentralized finance while preserving consumer protections. This represents a critical test of whether decentralized financial systems can achieve mainstream adoption through gradual integration rather than wholesale replacement of traditional institutions. Currently, DeFi offers significantly higher yields (4-15%+ APY) compared to traditional savings accounts (\\~2-5%), but lacks consumer protections that make traditional banking trustworthy for mainstream users. Achieving \\$10B in regulated, protected DeFi products would signal that the technical, regulatory, and risk management challenges have been solved at scale, validating the d/acc premise that decentralized and centralized systems can be productively hybridized rather than remaining in competition. This milestone would demonstrate institutional confidence in DeFi's maturity and regulatory frameworks' ability to adapt to decentralized financial innovation.\n\nFor more, visit: [<u>AI Pathways: Two Scenarios for the Future of AI</u>](https://ai-pathways.existentialhope.com/)", "resolution_criteria": "This question resolves as **Yes** if, before January 1, 2030, 3 or more of the top 50 regulated traditional banks offer a regulated decentralized finance (DeFi) yield product while maintaining at least two of these three consumer protections:\n\n1. Deposit Insurance: Principal protected by government-backed insurance (FDIC, FSCS, equivalent deposit guarantee schemes)\n2. Fraud/Error Recourse: Clear, legally binding process for disputing transactions and recovering funds from fraud or technical errors, comparable to traditional banking protections\n3. Liquidity Guarantees: Bank guarantees customer ability to withdraw funds within standard timeframes (e.g., settlement within 2 business days under normal conditions)\n\nTop 50 banks are those that rank in the top 50 globally by total assets according to [LexisNexis](https://risk.lexisnexis.com/insights-resources/article/bank-rankings-top-banks-in-the-world)[ ](https://www.spglobal.com/market-intelligence/en/news-insights/articles/2025/5/50-largest-us-banks-by-total-assets-q1-2025-89121851)or, if that is unavailable, another [credible source](https://www.metaculus.com/faq/#definitions).\n\nDeFi yield products for purposes of this question means they must allocate customer assets via smart contracts to protocols on public, permissionless blockchains (e.g., Ethereum/L2s, Solana) in order to offer on-chain returns such as lending interest, staking rewards, liquidity-provision fees, or protocol incentive distributions. 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But what if there’s a third option for managing superintelligence risks, one that embraces rapid progress while distributing rather than concentrating power?*\n\n***\n\nThe d/acc scenario envisions \"TradFi-DeFi\" integration (traditional finance and [decentralized finance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decentralized_finance)) as a key mechanism enabling broader participation in decentralized finance while preserving consumer protections. This represents a critical test of whether decentralized financial systems can achieve mainstream adoption through gradual integration rather than wholesale replacement of traditional institutions. Currently, DeFi offers significantly higher yields (4-15%+ APY) compared to traditional savings accounts (\\~2-5%), but lacks consumer protections that make traditional banking trustworthy for mainstream users. 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But what if there’s a third option for managing superintelligence risks, one that embraces rapid progress while distributing rather than concentrating power?*\n\n***\n\nThe d/acc scenario envisions individuals managing \"identity stacks\" across multiple overlapping governance systems while maintaining agency and portability. This represents a critical infrastructure requirement: without unified digital identity, the jurisdictional complexity described in d/acc becomes cognitively overwhelming and practically unmanageable. Currently, participation in decentralized finance (DeFi), [decentralized autonomous organization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decentralized_autonomous_organization) (DAO) governance, and legal systems requires separate accounts, credentials, and reputation building. A unified protocol would enable the \"jurisdictional routers\" described in the d/acc vision, allowing individuals to seamlessly navigate between governance frameworks based on their preferences and needs. Success would validate that decentralized systems can achieve interoperability without sacrificing user sovereignty, while failure would suggest that the d/acc future remains fragmented across incompatible digital silos, limiting the practical benefits of competitive governance.\n\nFor more, visit: [<u>AI Pathways: Two Scenarios for the Future of AI</u>](https://ai-pathways.existentialhope.com/)", "resolution_criteria": "This question resolves as **Yes** if, before January 1, 2031, a unified digital identity protocol exists that allows individuals to use a single, persistent digital identity to interact with these three types of governance frameworks: decentralized finance (DeFi), legal dispute resolutions, and civic/community governance.\n\nThe unified digital identity protocol must meet three protocol requirements: \n\n1. Standards Compliance: Based on World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) standards for Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) and Verifiable Credentials (VCs)\n2. 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But what if there’s a third option for managing superintelligence risks, one that embraces rapid progress while distributing rather than concentrating power?*\n\n***\n\nThe d/acc scenario envisions individuals managing \"identity stacks\" across multiple overlapping governance systems while maintaining agency and portability. This represents a critical infrastructure requirement: without unified digital identity, the jurisdictional complexity described in d/acc becomes cognitively overwhelming and practically unmanageable. Currently, participation in decentralized finance (DeFi), [decentralized autonomous organization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decentralized_autonomous_organization) (DAO) governance, and legal systems requires separate accounts, credentials, and reputation building. A unified protocol would enable the \"jurisdictional routers\" described in the d/acc vision, allowing individuals to seamlessly navigate between governance frameworks based on their preferences and needs. Success would validate that decentralized systems can achieve interoperability without sacrificing user sovereignty, while failure would suggest that the d/acc future remains fragmented across incompatible digital silos, limiting the practical benefits of competitive governance.\n\nFor more, visit: [<u>AI Pathways: Two Scenarios for the Future of AI</u>](https://ai-pathways.existentialhope.com/)" }, { "id": 39169, "title": "Will a city with a population of over 1 million successfully use a quadratic funding mechanism to allocate public funds for infrastructure projects before 2031?", "short_title": "Will city with a pop 1+ mil use quadratic funding for infrastructure by 2031?", "url_title": "Will city with a pop 1+ mil use quadratic funding for infrastructure by 2031?", "slug": "will-city-with-a-pop-1-mil-use-quadratic-funding-for-infrastructure-by-2031", "author_id": 115975, "author_username": "johnnycaffeine", "coauthors": [], "created_at": "2025-08-16T18:51:24.191892Z", 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It would demonstrate that such tools can scale and integrate with existing government structures, validating the timeline's premise that \"modular, AI-supported governance tools\" become a viable alternative to purely centralized, representative systems for resource allocation.\n\nFor more, visit: [<u>AI Pathways: Two Scenarios for the Future of AI</u>](https://ai-pathways.existentialhope.com/)", "resolution_criteria": "This question resolves as **Yes** if, before January 1, 2030, there is a municipality with a population over 1 million in a G7 country that uses a quadratic funding (QF) mechanism to allocate municipal funds to one or more public infrastructure projects.", "fine_print": "The allocation process must adhere to the principles of QF, explained in [A Flexible Design for Funding Public Goods](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1809.06421), including the amount of matching funds a project receives being proportional to the square of the sum of the square roots of the contributions received.\n\nThe matching pool must consist of public funds from the city's treasury. 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But what if there’s a third option for managing superintelligence risks, one that embraces rapid progress while distributing rather than concentrating power?*\n\n***\n\nThe d/acc scenario identifies insurance industry actions as a key forcing function in steering deployment away from opaque, agentic AI systems toward more transparent, human-controllable alternatives. This question tests a central prediction: that liability concerns will make AI systems without meaningful human oversight effectively uninsurable in high-stakes domains. Such exclusions, particularly by large insurers, could serve as an early constraint on agentic AI adoption, reshaping technology adoption patterns before regulation does. Like court rulings and licensing standards, insurance exclusions offer a mechanism through which economic incentives reinforce governance-aligned AI architectures.\n\nFor more, visit: [AI Pathways: Two Scenarios for the Future of AI](https://ai-pathways.existentialhope.com/)", "resolution_criteria": "This question resolves as **Yes** if, according to [credible sources](https://www.metaculus.com/faq/#definitions), before January 1, 2028 any of the following U.S. insurers introduces a broad, absolute policy exclusion for damages arising from AI systems that operate without human override capabilities:\n\nTop-5 US Property & Casualty Insurers:\n\n* State Farm\n* Progressive\n* Allstate\n* Liberty Mutual\n* USAA\n\nTop-5 US Health Insurers:\n\n* UnitedHealth Group\n* Elevance Health Inc. (formerly Anthem)\n* Centene Corporation\n* Humana\n* CVS Health (Aetna)", "fine_print": "An example of an absolute exclusion that would count for purposes of this question is the one introduced in 2025 by Berkley Insurance Co. ([Law 360](https://www.hunton.com/insights/publications/how-insurance-policies-are-adapting-to-ai-risk), [National Law Review](https://natlawreview.com/article/continued-proliferation-ai-exclusions))\n\nA broad, absolute exclusion of AI means the insurance company explicitly excludes or denies coverage for damages arising from AI systems that lack human override capabilities (i.e, the ability for humans to intervene in or alter AI system decisions before implementation), or does so via a blanket AI exclusion that clearly applies to such systems as a subset of a wider group. Thus, sector-specific exclusions (e.g., a hypothetical scenario in which USAA announces it will explicitly exclude coverage vehicles operating autonomously but remains silent on its other insurance lines) do not qualify unless they establish a general principle applicable across the company's entire portfolio of policy types.\n\nThis question asks whether insurers broadly exclude coverage in their standard policies for AI systems lacking human override capabilities. Thus, if the insurance company sells [riders](https://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/rider.asp) or add-ons to allow coverage of AI lacking human oversight, it will still count for purposes of this question. 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But what if there’s a third option for managing superintelligence risks, one that embraces rapid progress while distributing rather than concentrating power?*\n\n***\n\nThe d/acc scenario identifies insurance industry actions as a key forcing function in steering deployment away from opaque, agentic AI systems toward more transparent, human-controllable alternatives. This question tests a central prediction: that liability concerns will make AI systems without meaningful human oversight effectively uninsurable in high-stakes domains. Such exclusions, particularly by large insurers, could serve as an early constraint on agentic AI adoption, reshaping technology adoption patterns before regulation does. Like court rulings and licensing standards, insurance exclusions offer a mechanism through which economic incentives reinforce governance-aligned AI architectures.\n\nFor more, visit: [AI Pathways: Two Scenarios for the Future of AI](https://ai-pathways.existentialhope.com/)" }, { "id": 39165, "title": "Will the U.S. \"Microgrid as a Service\" (MaaS) market exceed $1.5 billion before 2030?", "short_title": "Will US \"Microgrid as a Service\" (MaaS) market exceed $1.5 billion by 2030?", "url_title": "Will US \"Microgrid as a Service\" (MaaS) market exceed $1.5 billion by 2030?", "slug": "will-us-microgrid-as-a-service-maas-market-exceed-15-billion-by-2030", "author_id": 115975, "author_username": "johnnycaffeine", "coauthors": [], "created_at": "2025-08-16T12:31:00.919410Z", "published_at": "2025-08-19T02:40:02Z", "edited_at": "2025-09-09T09:54:07.860642Z", "curation_status": "approved", "curation_status_updated_at": "2025-08-19T02:40:53.761564Z", "comment_count": 0, "status": "open", 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But what if there’s a third option for managing superintelligence risks, one that embraces rapid progress while distributing rather than concentrating power?*\n\n***\n\nMicrogrids [are](https://sunbeltsolomon.com/microgrids-for-commercial-applications/) local electrical grids or networks that operate independently of the larger electrical grid, often designed to serve a specific area such as a college campus, neighborhood or factory. As decentralized entities, they are sometimes considered more [antifragile](https://microgridnews.com/microgrid-antifragility-resilience/) than the larger grid, especially when viewed collectively.\n\nAs of 2024, the U.S. MaaS market was [<u>valued at approximately \\$953.2 million</u>](https://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/us-microgrid-as-a-service-market-report) with a forecasted compound annual growth rate of around 12%. Reaching \\$1.5 billion would demonstrate the economic viability and scaling needed for the decentralized energy infrastructure described in the d/acc scenario.\n\nThe d/acc scenario envisions community-owned microgrids as foundational infrastructure for decentralized resilience, generating revenue through energy arbitrage and grid services while providing backup power. The \"Microgrid as a Service\" model represents the economic mechanism that makes this vision viable—third-party companies finance, own, and operate microgrid systems, reducing upfront costs for communities while creating sustainable revenue streams. This market segment serves as a direct proxy for the \"grid services revenue\" central to the d/acc infrastructure transformation.", "resolution_criteria": "This question resolves as **Yes** if, before January 1, 2031, [Grand View Researc](https://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/us-microgrid-as-a-service-market-report)[<u>h</u>](https://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/us-microgrid-as-a-service-market-report) publishes a report stating that the U.S. \"Microgrid as a Service\" (MaaS) market size exceeded \\$1.5 billion for any full calendar year between 2025 and 2029, inclusive.", "fine_print": " The \\$1.5 billion is in nominal U.S. dollars and will not be adjusted for inflation.\n\nThe market size must be reported for a complete calendar year in the past tense, not partial year estimates or projections.\n\nIn the event Grand View ceases to publish this information or there is reason to believe its information is inaccurate, Metaculus may rely on a report from another [credible source](https://www.metaculus.com/faq/#definitions) such as a reputable market research firm. 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A government-funded UBI pilot covering tens of thousands of people would support the scenario’s claims about economic adaptation.\n\nFor more, visit:[ <u>https://ai-pathways.existentialhope.com</u>](https://ai-pathways.existentialhope.com)", "resolution_criteria": "This question resolves as **Yes** if, before January 1, 2031, a federal government of a G7 nation (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, or the US) launches and provides funding for a Universal Basic Income (UBI) pilot program, defined below. \n\nThe program must be authorized for at least six months and meet the following criteria:\n\n* Universal: Payments are made to individuals without a work requirement and payments are not means-testing based on income. Geographic or age-based targeting is permitted.\n* Sufficient Scale: At least 25,000 individuals are receiving payments simultaneously.\n* Publicly Funded: The program is primarily funded by a national government. 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In 2025, the prospect of automation displacing work was often framed as a threat. By 2035, in much of the world, it is seen as a trade worth making. The combination of reduced hours, safer work, better health, and more time for human pursuits has made life better for most, though not all.*\n\n***\n\nWhile several international summits and declarations on AI governance have taken place in recent years, many experts have called for a standing international institution focused on AI safety, sometimes referred to as a “CERN for AI.” \n\nThis question tests whether new global institutions focused on AI safety will emerge with meaningful support. In the Tool AI scenario, formal governance bodies become essential to coordinating AI development, especially across high-stakes domains. A new international organization with substantial backing from multiple G7 countries would mark a concrete step toward the scenario’s institutional vision.\n\nFor more, visit:[ <u>https://ai-pathways.existentialhope.com</u>](https://ai-pathways.existentialhope.com)", "resolution_criteria": "This question resolves as **Yes** if, before January 1, 2029, a new international organization, with participation from at least 3 G7 countries, is formally launched that has a primary focus on safety or alignment of advanced AI systems according to [credible sources](https://www.metaculus.com/faq/#definitions). 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In 2025, the prospect of automation displacing work was often framed as a threat. By 2035, in much of the world, it is seen as a trade worth making. The combination of reduced hours, safer work, better health, and more time for human pursuits has made life better for most, though not all.*\n\n***\n\nThe \"Tool AI\" scenario envisions AI systems augmenting human teachers by providing personalized, scalable instruction across public education systems. AI tools like Khan Academy’s Khanmigo and other generative tutoring platforms have entered classrooms, but large-scale, district-wide adoption remains a major threshold for institutional change.\n\nHowever, adoption is not guaranteed. Past efforts like [**<u>Ed</u>**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_\\(chatbot\\)), a chatbot introduced in Los Angeles schools, failed due to performance issues and privacy concerns.\n\nRecent developments suggest renewed momentum. In July 2025, the [<u>New York Times reported that **Alpha School**</u>](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/us/politics/ai-alpha-school-austin-texas.html), a Texas-based charter network, has integrated AI tutoring across core subjects.\n\nThis question tracks whether AI-powered tutoring tools move from small pilots to institutional adoption. In the Tool AI scenario, education systems increasingly use AI tutors to personalize learning, support teachers, and improve student outcomes—especially in under-resourced areas. Widespread adoption by major school districts would signal the scenario’s vision of AI-enhanced education taking root.\n\nFor more, visit:[ <u>https://ai-pathways.existentialhope.com</u>](https://ai-pathways.existentialhope.com)", "resolution_criteria": "This question resolves as **Yes** if, by the start of the 2028-29 school year, at least 11 of the 20 largest K–12 public school districts in the United States (by student enrollment) have officially adopted and are actively using an AI-powered tutoring system for use in at least one core academic subject.", "fine_print": "* \"Official adoption\" means a district-wide decision documented in publicly available board meeting minutes, press releases, or curriculum guidelines. 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In 2025, the prospect of automation displacing work was often framed as a threat. By 2035, in much of the world, it is seen as a trade worth making. The combination of reduced hours, safer work, better health, and more time for human pursuits has made life better for most, though not all.*\n\n***\n\nThe \"Tool AI\" scenario envisions AI systems augmenting human teachers by providing personalized, scalable instruction across public education systems. AI tools like Khan Academy’s Khanmigo and other generative tutoring platforms have entered classrooms, but large-scale, district-wide adoption remains a major threshold for institutional change.\n\nHowever, adoption is not guaranteed. Past efforts like [**<u>Ed</u>**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_\\(chatbot\\)), a chatbot introduced in Los Angeles schools, failed due to performance issues and privacy concerns.\n\nRecent developments suggest renewed momentum. In July 2025, the [<u>New York Times reported that **Alpha School**</u>](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/us/politics/ai-alpha-school-austin-texas.html), a Texas-based charter network, has integrated AI tutoring across core subjects.\n\nThis question tracks whether AI-powered tutoring tools move from small pilots to institutional adoption. In the Tool AI scenario, education systems increasingly use AI tutors to personalize learning, support teachers, and improve student outcomes—especially in under-resourced areas. 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No President *before* Abraham Lincoln (first elected 1860), and no President *since* William H. Taft (elected 1908) has [worn a beard or mustache](https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/07/25/jd-vance-beard-00170761) in office. But for a hairy half-century between Lincoln and Taft, 9 out of 11 Presidents had facial hair. After more than 100 years of clean-shaven Presidents, might the tide finally turn back?\n\nAs of August 2025, J.D. Vance is widely seen as the [leading candidate](https://www.metaculus.com/questions/37321/who-will-be-the-2028-republican-nominee-for-president-of-the-united-states/) to win the Republican nomination, and he currently wears a beard. (Indeed, he is already the first Vice President to sport facial hair since [Charles Curtis](https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article293491459.html), who served under President Hoover.) Donald Trump Jr., more of a dark horse candidate for the nomination, is also bearded.\n\nOn the Democratic side, there is no clear [front-runner for the nomination](https://www.metaculus.com/questions/37322/who-will-be-the-2028-democratic-nominee-for-president-of-the-united-states/), but one possible candidate, Pete Buttigieg, has [recently grown a beard](https://www.npr.org/2025/07/28/nx-s1-5475197/buttigieg-trump-democrats-election-2028) as well. 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No President *before* Abraham Lincoln (first elected 1860), and no President *since* William H. Taft (elected 1908) has [worn a beard or mustache](https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/07/25/jd-vance-beard-00170761) in office. But for a hairy half-century between Lincoln and Taft, 9 out of 11 Presidents had facial hair. After more than 100 years of clean-shaven Presidents, might the tide finally turn back?\n\nAs of August 2025, J.D. Vance is widely seen as the [leading candidate](https://www.metaculus.com/questions/37321/who-will-be-the-2028-republican-nominee-for-president-of-the-united-states/) to win the Republican nomination, and he currently wears a beard. (Indeed, he is already the first Vice President to sport facial hair since [Charles Curtis](https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article293491459.html), who served under President Hoover.) Donald Trump Jr., more of a dark horse candidate for the nomination, is also bearded.\n\nOn the Democratic side, there is no clear [front-runner for the nomination](https://www.metaculus.com/questions/37322/who-will-be-the-2028-democratic-nominee-for-president-of-the-united-states/), but one possible candidate, Pete Buttigieg, has [recently grown a beard](https://www.npr.org/2025/07/28/nx-s1-5475197/buttigieg-trump-democrats-election-2028) as well. And more potential candidates may do the same; after all, according to [The Atlantic](https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/07/mustache-trend-beard-revival/683654/), facial hair \"has arguably returned.\"" }, { "id": 39159, "title": "Will the CEO of OpenAI, Meta, or Alphabet (Google) publicly commit to specific limitations on their company’s AI system autonomy before January 1, 2027?", "short_title": "Will OpenAI, Meta, or Alphabet CEO pledge AI autonomy limits before 2027?", "url_title": "Will OpenAI, Meta, or Alphabet CEO pledge AI autonomy limits before 2027?", "slug": "will-openai-meta-or-alphabet-ceo-pledge-ai-autonomy-limits-before-2027", "author_id": 115975, "author_username": "johnnycaffeine", "coauthors": [], "created_at": "2025-08-15T12:44:21.306223Z", "published_at": "2025-08-19T02:39:08Z", "edited_at": "2025-09-09T09:57:01.711903Z", "curation_status": "approved", "curation_status_updated_at": "2025-08-19T02:39:49.771693Z", "comment_count": 2, "status": 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In 2025, the prospect of automation displacing work was often framed as a threat. By 2035, in much of the world, it is seen as a trade worth making. The combination of reduced hours, safer work, better health, and more time for human pursuits has made life better for most, though not all.*\n\n***\n\nCurrent voluntary AI safety frameworks (e.g. the Frontier AI Safety Commitments) focus on transparency and risk monitoring, but few companies have made enforceable, public commitments to limiting the autonomy of their systems. This question tests whether one of the world’s most influential AI developers will go further and publicly commit to technical and governance limitations on system autonomy, especially as agentic systems become more powerful and embedded in high-stakes applications.\n\nThis question tests whether top AI companies are willing to formally limit the autonomy of their systems. In the Tool AI scenario, a major part of the transition involves institutional and market incentives pushing developers to keep systems interpretable, bounded, and human-overseeable. A high-profile commitment from a CEO would reflect a shift in industry norms consistent with that vision.\n\nFor more, visit:[ <u>https://ai-pathways.existentialhope.com</u>](https://ai-pathways.existentialhope.com)", "resolution_criteria": "This question resolves as **Yes** if, before January 1, 2027, the current CEO of OpenAI, Meta, or Alphabet Inc. (which includes Google and its Google DeepMind subsidiary, which has its own CEO) makes a clear, public commitment to formally limit the autonomy of their AI systems. The public commitment must include all of the following:\n\n1. Concrete technical limitations, with specific technical restrictions on AI system autonomy (e.g., hard-coded constraints, API-level restrictions preventing agentic behavior without human sign-off).\n2. Verifiable oversight mechanisms, which have a defined process for human-in-the-loop oversight for high-risk or consequential decisions.\n3. Explicit autonomy boundaries: A formal boundary beyond August 2025 general safety principles that limits the conditions or domains in which the company’s AI systems may act autonomously.", "fine_print": "The commitment must be directly attributable to the CEO of OpenAI, Meta, or Alphabet (i.e., Sam Altman, Mark Zuckerberg, or Sundar Pichai at the time of the question) or subsidiaries if autonomously run with their own CEO (e.g., Google DeepMind at the time of this question, which has Demis Hassabis as its CEO). A commitment by the leader of a division of the main company, such as Meta AI, which is run by a vice president, does not count.\n\nGeneral or vague statements about safety, responsibility, or alignment do not qualify unless they include the specific, testable limitations described above.\n\nCorporate mergers, acquisitions, or rebrandings should not affect resolution. 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In 2025, the prospect of automation displacing work was often framed as a threat. By 2035, in much of the world, it is seen as a trade worth making. The combination of reduced hours, safer work, better health, and more time for human pursuits has made life better for most, though not all.*\n\n***\n\nCurrent voluntary AI safety frameworks (e.g. the Frontier AI Safety Commitments) focus on transparency and risk monitoring, but few companies have made enforceable, public commitments to limiting the autonomy of their systems. This question tests whether one of the world’s most influential AI developers will go further and publicly commit to technical and governance limitations on system autonomy, especially as agentic systems become more powerful and embedded in high-stakes applications.\n\nThis question tests whether top AI companies are willing to formally limit the autonomy of their systems. In the Tool AI scenario, a major part of the transition involves institutional and market incentives pushing developers to keep systems interpretable, bounded, and human-overseeable. A high-profile commitment from a CEO would reflect a shift in industry norms consistent with that vision.\n\nFor more, visit:[ <u>https://ai-pathways.existentialhope.com</u>](https://ai-pathways.existentialhope.com)" }, { "id": 39157, "title": "By 2030, will Escambia County Public Schools have substantially more Black teachers than today?", "short_title": "More Black Teachers in Escambia by 2030?", "url_title": "More Black Teachers in Escambia by 2030?", "slug": "more-black-teachers-in-escambia-by-2030", "author_id": 103275, "author_username": "christian", "coauthors": [], "created_at": "2025-08-15T00:08:34.152668Z", "published_at": "2025-08-15T00:08:31Z", "edited_at": "2025-09-05T17:29:28.166942Z", "curation_status": "approved", "curation_status_updated_at": "2025-08-15T00:08:53.976443Z", "comment_count": 0, "status": "open", "resolved": false, "actual_close_time": null, "scheduled_close_time": "2030-06-30T03:59:00Z", "scheduled_resolve_time": "2030-12-31T04:59:00Z", "actual_resolve_time": null, "open_time": "2025-08-15T00:09:00Z", "nr_forecasters": 17, "html_metadata_json": null, "projects": { "question_series": [ { "id": 32815, "type": "question_series", "name": "A Conversation in Black and White With the Equity Project Alliance", "slug": "BW", "header_image": "https://metaculus-web-media.s3.amazonaws.com/Screenshot_2025-08-13_at_10.45.32PM.png", "prize_pool": null, "start_date": "2025-08-14T18:07:23Z", "close_date": "2025-08-15T18:07:52Z", "forecasting_end_date": "2025-08-15T18:07:51Z", "html_metadata_json": null, "is_ongoing": false, "user_permission": null, "created_at": "2025-08-11T21:46:57.705470Z", "edited_at": "2025-08-15T00:49:53.735133Z", "score_type": "peer_tournament", "default_permission": "forecaster", "visibility": "unlisted", "is_current_content_translated": false, "bot_leaderboard_status": "exclude_and_hide" } ], "default_project": { "id": 32815, "type": "question_series", "name": "A Conversation in Black and White With the Equity Project Alliance", "slug": "BW", "header_image": "https://metaculus-web-media.s3.amazonaws.com/Screenshot_2025-08-13_at_10.45.32PM.png", "prize_pool": null, "start_date": "2025-08-14T18:07:23Z", "close_date": "2025-08-15T18:07:52Z", "forecasting_end_date": "2025-08-15T18:07:51Z", "html_metadata_json": null, "is_ongoing": false, "user_permission": null, "created_at": "2025-08-11T21:46:57.705470Z", "edited_at": "2025-08-15T00:49:53.735133Z", "score_type": "peer_tournament", "default_permission": "forecaster", "visibility": "unlisted", "is_current_content_translated": false, "bot_leaderboard_status": "exclude_and_hide" } }, "question": { "id": 38500, "title": "By 2030, will Escambia County Public Schools have substantially more Black teachers than today?", "created_at": "2025-08-15T00:08:34.153055Z", "open_time": "2025-08-15T00:09:00Z", "cp_reveal_time": "2025-08-15T00:10:31Z", "spot_scoring_time": "2025-08-15T00:10:31Z", "scheduled_resolve_time": "2030-12-31T04:59:00Z", "actual_resolve_time": null, "resolution_set_time": null, "scheduled_close_time": "2030-06-30T03:59:00Z", "actual_close_time": "2030-06-30T03:59:00Z", "type": "binary", "options": null, "group_variable": "", "status": "open", "possibilities": null, "resolution": null, "include_bots_in_aggregates": false, "question_weight": 1.0, "default_score_type": "spot_peer", "default_aggregation_method": "unweighted", "label": "", "unit": "", "open_upper_bound": false, "open_lower_bound": false, "inbound_outcome_count": null, "scaling": { "range_min": null, "range_max": null, "nominal_min": null, "nominal_max": null, "zero_point": null, "open_upper_bound": false, "open_lower_bound": false, "inbound_outcome_count": null, "continuous_range": null }, "group_rank": null, "description": "The [WUWF article about Dick Appleyard and Ernest Dawson's friendship](https://www.wuwf.org/local-news/2025-08-13/a-conversation-in-black-and-white-recalling-friendship-at-pensacola-high-school-during-integration) shows how relationships between people of different races can transform communities. But for today's students to build similar bridges, they need to see themselves reflected in their teachers.\r\n\r\n**Why Teacher Diversity Matters**\r\n\r\nResearch shows that [all students benefit from having teachers of color](https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/topic/educator-diversity), but the impact is especially strong for Black students. When Black students have Black teachers, they're more likely to:\r\n- Graduate from high school\r\n- Aspire to attend college \r\n- Be identified for gifted programs\r\n- Feel understood and supported\r\n\r\nAs Dick Appleyard noted about his friendship with Ernest Dawson: \"He knows how to deal with people and to make you feel included.\" That same ability to connect across differences is what diverse teachers bring to classrooms every day.\r\n\r\n**The Current Reality in Escambia County**\r\n\r\nWhile Escambia County School District's student body is richly diverse:\r\n- 34.3% Black students\r\n- 44.9% White students\r\n- 9.8% Hispanic students\r\n- 8% multiracial students\r\n\r\nThe teaching force doesn't reflect this diversity. Based on typical Florida patterns where [only 6-7% of teachers are Black nationally](https://www.americanprogress.org/article/america-needs-teachers-color-selective-teaching-profession/), Escambia County likely has around 15% Black teachers - still far below the 34% of students who are Black.\r\n\r\n**The Challenge Ahead**\r\n\r\nDiversifying the teaching profession faces real obstacles:\r\n- **Teacher Shortages**: Florida ranks 50th in teacher pay, making recruitment difficult\r\n- **Retention Issues**: [Teachers of color leave at higher rates](https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/product/diversifying-teaching-profession-report), often feeling isolated in schools where they're one of few\r\n- **Pipeline Problems**: Fewer Black students are entering teacher preparation programs\r\n\r\n**Reasons for Hope**\r\n\r\nBut there are proven strategies that work:\r\n- **Grow Your Own Programs**: Recruiting paraprofessionals and community members already working in schools\r\n- **Student Teaching Pipelines**: Programs that identify high school students interested in teaching\r\n- **Better Support Systems**: Mentorship programs specifically for teachers of color\r\n- **Financial Incentives**: Scholarships and loan forgiveness for teaching in high-need schools\r\n\r\nFlorida has initiatives like the [Minority Teacher Education Scholarship](https://ffmt.org/index.cfm) program, which has been working for over 20 years to increase teacher diversity.\r\n\r\n**Building on the Past, Looking to the Future**\r\n\r\nJust as sports helped bring Appleyard and Dawson together in the 1960s, having more Black teachers can help all students build the cross-racial understanding needed for our diverse democracy. As Dawson reflected on integration: \"You know what you hear from your family and your friends. That's how you saw them, until you're right next to them.\"\r\n\r\nWhen students see teachers who look like them succeeding, it changes what they believe is possible for their own futures.", "resolution_criteria": "Scroll down to the Background section for more on this question and why it's important for our community.\r\n\r\nThis question will resolve based on official demographic data for teachers in Escambia County Public Schools.\r\n\r\n**Current Baseline (2024-25):**\r\nApproximately 15% of teachers are Black (estimated based on typical Florida patterns and district demographics)\r\n\r\n**Target for 2030:**\r\nAt least 25% of teachers are Black\r\n\r\n**Data Sources:**\r\nPrimary sources (in order of preference):\r\n1. Florida Department of Education's annual Staff Demographics Report\r\n2. Escambia County School District's official Human Resources data\r\n3. 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But for today's students to build similar bridges, they need to see themselves reflected in their teachers.\r\n\r\n**Why Teacher Diversity Matters**\r\n\r\nResearch shows that [all students benefit from having teachers of color](https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/topic/educator-diversity), but the impact is especially strong for Black students. When Black students have Black teachers, they're more likely to:\r\n- Graduate from high school\r\n- Aspire to attend college \r\n- Be identified for gifted programs\r\n- Feel understood and supported\r\n\r\nAs Dick Appleyard noted about his friendship with Ernest Dawson: \"He knows how to deal with people and to make you feel included.\" That same ability to connect across differences is what diverse teachers bring to classrooms every day.\r\n\r\n**The Current Reality in Escambia County**\r\n\r\nWhile Escambia County School District's student body is richly diverse:\r\n- 34.3% Black students\r\n- 44.9% White students\r\n- 9.8% Hispanic students\r\n- 8% multiracial students\r\n\r\nThe teaching force doesn't reflect this diversity. Based on typical Florida patterns where [only 6-7% of teachers are Black nationally](https://www.americanprogress.org/article/america-needs-teachers-color-selective-teaching-profession/), Escambia County likely has around 15% Black teachers - still far below the 34% of students who are Black.\r\n\r\n**The Challenge Ahead**\r\n\r\nDiversifying the teaching profession faces real obstacles:\r\n- **Teacher Shortages**: Florida ranks 50th in teacher pay, making recruitment difficult\r\n- **Retention Issues**: [Teachers of color leave at higher rates](https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/product/diversifying-teaching-profession-report), often feeling isolated in schools where they're one of few\r\n- **Pipeline Problems**: Fewer Black students are entering teacher preparation programs\r\n\r\n**Reasons for Hope**\r\n\r\nBut there are proven strategies that work:\r\n- **Grow Your Own Programs**: Recruiting paraprofessionals and community members already working in schools\r\n- **Student Teaching Pipelines**: Programs that identify high school students interested in teaching\r\n- **Better Support Systems**: Mentorship programs specifically for teachers of color\r\n- **Financial Incentives**: Scholarships and loan forgiveness for teaching in high-need schools\r\n\r\nFlorida has initiatives like the [Minority Teacher Education Scholarship](https://ffmt.org/index.cfm) program, which has been working for over 20 years to increase teacher diversity.\r\n\r\n**Building on the Past, Looking to the Future**\r\n\r\nJust as sports helped bring Appleyard and Dawson together in the 1960s, having more Black teachers can help all students build the cross-racial understanding needed for our diverse democracy. As Dawson reflected on integration: \"You know what you hear from your family and your friends. That's how you saw them, until you're right next to them.\"\r\n\r\nWhen students see teachers who look like them succeeding, it changes what they believe is possible for their own futures." }, { "id": 39156, "title": "Will Escambia County athletes be more likely than non-athletes to have cross-race friendships in 2026?", "short_title": "Athletes & Cross-Race Friendships in Escambia Schools?", "url_title": "Athletes & Cross-Race Friendships in Escambia Schools?", "slug": "athletes-cross-race-friendships-in-escambia-schools", "author_id": 103275, "author_username": "christian", "coauthors": [], "created_at": "2025-08-15T00:01:18.564349Z", "published_at": "2025-08-15T00:01:16Z", "edited_at": "2025-09-05T17:28:54.148728Z", "curation_status": "approved", "curation_status_updated_at": "2025-08-15T00:01:50.304587Z", "comment_count": 1, "status": "open", "resolved": false, "actual_close_time": null, "scheduled_close_time": "2026-06-15T03:59:00Z", "scheduled_resolve_time": "2026-07-31T03:59:00Z", "actual_resolve_time": null, "open_time": "2025-08-15T00:02:00Z", "nr_forecasters": 23, "html_metadata_json": null, "projects": { "question_series": [ { "id": 32815, "type": "question_series", "name": "A Conversation in Black and White With the Equity Project Alliance", "slug": "BW", "header_image": "https://metaculus-web-media.s3.amazonaws.com/Screenshot_2025-08-13_at_10.45.32PM.png", "prize_pool": null, "start_date": "2025-08-14T18:07:23Z", "close_date": "2025-08-15T18:07:52Z", "forecasting_end_date": "2025-08-15T18:07:51Z", "html_metadata_json": null, "is_ongoing": false, "user_permission": null, "created_at": "2025-08-11T21:46:57.705470Z", "edited_at": "2025-08-15T00:49:53.735133Z", "score_type": "peer_tournament", "default_permission": "forecaster", "visibility": "unlisted", "is_current_content_translated": false, "bot_leaderboard_status": "exclude_and_hide" } ], "default_project": { "id": 32815, "type": "question_series", "name": "A Conversation in Black and White With the Equity Project Alliance", "slug": "BW", "header_image": "https://metaculus-web-media.s3.amazonaws.com/Screenshot_2025-08-13_at_10.45.32PM.png", "prize_pool": null, "start_date": "2025-08-14T18:07:23Z", "close_date": "2025-08-15T18:07:52Z", "forecasting_end_date": "2025-08-15T18:07:51Z", "html_metadata_json": null, "is_ongoing": false, "user_permission": null, "created_at": "2025-08-11T21:46:57.705470Z", "edited_at": "2025-08-15T00:49:53.735133Z", "score_type": "peer_tournament", "default_permission": "forecaster", "visibility": "unlisted", "is_current_content_translated": false, "bot_leaderboard_status": "exclude_and_hide" } }, "question": { "id": 38499, "title": "Will Escambia County athletes be more likely than non-athletes to have cross-race friendships in 2026?", "created_at": "2025-08-15T00:01:18.564760Z", "open_time": "2025-08-15T00:02:00Z", "cp_reveal_time": "2025-08-15T00:03:16Z", "spot_scoring_time": "2025-08-15T00:03:16Z", "scheduled_resolve_time": "2026-07-31T03:59:00Z", "actual_resolve_time": null, "resolution_set_time": null, "scheduled_close_time": "2026-06-15T03:59:00Z", "actual_close_time": "2026-06-15T03:59:00Z", "type": "binary", "options": null, "group_variable": "", "status": "open", "possibilities": null, "resolution": null, "include_bots_in_aggregates": false, "question_weight": 1.0, "default_score_type": "spot_peer", "default_aggregation_method": "unweighted", "label": "", "unit": "", "open_upper_bound": false, "open_lower_bound": false, "inbound_outcome_count": null, "scaling": { "range_min": null, "range_max": null, "nominal_min": null, "nominal_max": null, "zero_point": null, "open_upper_bound": false, "open_lower_bound": false, "inbound_outcome_count": null, "continuous_range": null }, "group_rank": null, "description": "Sports have long been recognized as a powerful force for breaking down racial barriers. The [WUWF article about Dick Appleyard and Ernest Dawson's friendship](https://www.wuwf.org/local-news/2025-08-13/a-conversation-in-black-and-white-recalling-friendship-at-pensacola-high-school-during-integration) at Pensacola High during integration shows how athletics can bridge racial divides. Their friendship, forged through football and basketball in the late 1960s, has lasted over 50 years.\r\n\r\n**Why Sports Matter for Cross-Race Friendships**\r\n\r\nAs Appleyard noted in the WUWF article, \"I think sports played a huge role. And I can tell you the guys that were on every team that I played at Pensacola High School, white or Black, it didn't matter; you either run fast or you don't.\" This captures the meritocratic nature of sports that can transcend racial boundaries.\r\n\r\nResearch backs this up. Studies show that [school activities like sports create opportunities for meaningful interracial contact](https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/338954), with integrated extracurricular activities reducing friendship segregation. Athletes work toward common goals, share intense experiences, and develop mutual respect through competition and teamwork.\r\n\r\n**The Current Landscape in Escambia County**\r\n\r\nEscambia County School District demographics:\r\n- 44.9% White students\r\n- 34.3% Black students\r\n- 9.8% Hispanic students\r\n- 8% multiracial students\r\n\r\nThe district offers extensive athletic programs across its high schools, with most schools fielding 20+ different sports teams. Major sports include:\r\n- Football (where Ernest Dawson was the first Black player at PHS)\r\n- Basketball (Dick Appleyard's sport)\r\n- Baseball/Softball\r\n- Track & Field\r\n- Soccer\r\n- Wrestling\r\n- Swimming\r\n\r\n**Historical Context and Current Challenges**\r\n\r\nEscambia High School's troubled racial history - from its segregated opening in 1958 to the 1976 riots over Confederate symbols - shows how far the district has come. The federal courts banned racially divisive symbols in 1973, and schools have worked to create more inclusive environments.\r\n\r\nHowever, challenges remain. Some schools struggle with \"school spirit\" and maintaining successful programs across all sports. But where athletic programs thrive, they continue to bring diverse students together.\r\n\r\n**Building on Success**\r\n\r\nCommunity Partnership Schools and other initiatives are working to close achievement gaps, but sports remain one of the most organic ways for students to form cross-race friendships. As Dawson reflected: \"Many times, because of that distance the interaction wasn't positive because you came in with a certain mindset and so did they.\" Sports help break down those preconceived notions through shared experience.\r\n\r\nThis question will help measure whether the unifying power of athletics that brought Appleyard and Dawson together continues to work for today's students in Escambia County.", "resolution_criteria": "Scroll down to the Background section for more on this question and why it's important for our community.\r\n\r\nThis question will resolve based on a student survey conducted in Escambia County high schools at the end of the 2025-26 school year.\r\n\r\n**Survey Design:**\r\nStudents will be asked two simple questions:\r\n1. \"Do you participate in school athletics?\" (Yes/No)\r\n2. \"Do you have at least one close friend of a different race?\" (Yes/No)\r\n\r\n**Key Definitions:**\r\n- **Athlete**: Any student who participates in at least one school-sponsored sport during the 2025-26 school year\r\n- **Close friend**: Someone the student would confide in and spend time with outside of required activities\r\n- **Different race**: Based on student self-identification of their own race and their perception of their friend's race\r\n\r\n**Calculation:**\r\n- Calculate the percentage of athletes who answer \"Yes\" to having a cross-race close friend\r\n- Calculate the percentage of non-athletes who answer \"Yes\" to having a cross-race close friend\r\n- Find the difference (Athletes % minus Non-Athletes %)\r\n\r\n**Resolution:**\r\n- **YES** if the difference is 5 percentage points or greater (athletes have ≥5pp higher rate)\r\n- **NO** if the difference is less than 5 percentage points\r\n\r\n**Data Collection Requirements:**\r\n- Minimum 500 student responses needed (at least 150 athletes, 150 non-athletes)\r\n- Survey can be conducted by the school district, EPA, or independent researchers\r\n- If no official survey exists, a credible community survey meeting the minimum requirements will be accepted\r\n\r\n**Fallback Resolution:**\r\nIf no qualifying survey data is available by June 30, 2026, the question resolves as AMBIGUOUS.", "fine_print": "", "post_id": 39156, "aggregations": { "recency_weighted": { "history": [], "latest": null, "score_data": {}, "movement": null }, "unweighted": { "history": [ { "start_time": 1755218983.275589, "end_time": 1757845298.655, "forecaster_count": 23, "interval_lower_bounds": [ 0.68 ], "centers": [ 0.8 ], "interval_upper_bounds": [ 0.88 ] } ], "latest": { "start_time": 1755218983.275589, "end_time": 1757845298.655, "forecaster_count": 23, "interval_lower_bounds": [ 0.68 ], "centers": [ 0.8 ], "interval_upper_bounds": [ 0.88 ], "forecast_values": [ 0.19999999999999996, 0.8 ], "means": [ 0.7434347826086958 ], "histogram": [ [ 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 3.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 2.0, 0.0, 0.0, 2.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0 ] ] }, "score_data": {}, "movement": null }, "single_aggregation": { "history": [], "latest": null, "score_data": {}, "movement": null }, "metaculus_prediction": { "history": [], "latest": null, "score_data": {}, "movement": null } } }, "user_permission": "forecaster", "vote": { "score": 2, "user_vote": null }, "forecasts_count": 36, "key_factors": [], "is_current_content_translated": false, "description": "Sports have long been recognized as a powerful force for breaking down racial barriers. The [WUWF article about Dick Appleyard and Ernest Dawson's friendship](https://www.wuwf.org/local-news/2025-08-13/a-conversation-in-black-and-white-recalling-friendship-at-pensacola-high-school-during-integration) at Pensacola High during integration shows how athletics can bridge racial divides. Their friendship, forged through football and basketball in the late 1960s, has lasted over 50 years.\r\n\r\n**Why Sports Matter for Cross-Race Friendships**\r\n\r\nAs Appleyard noted in the WUWF article, \"I think sports played a huge role. And I can tell you the guys that were on every team that I played at Pensacola High School, white or Black, it didn't matter; you either run fast or you don't.\" This captures the meritocratic nature of sports that can transcend racial boundaries.\r\n\r\nResearch backs this up. Studies show that [school activities like sports create opportunities for meaningful interracial contact](https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/338954), with integrated extracurricular activities reducing friendship segregation. Athletes work toward common goals, share intense experiences, and develop mutual respect through competition and teamwork.\r\n\r\n**The Current Landscape in Escambia County**\r\n\r\nEscambia County School District demographics:\r\n- 44.9% White students\r\n- 34.3% Black students\r\n- 9.8% Hispanic students\r\n- 8% multiracial students\r\n\r\nThe district offers extensive athletic programs across its high schools, with most schools fielding 20+ different sports teams. Major sports include:\r\n- Football (where Ernest Dawson was the first Black player at PHS)\r\n- Basketball (Dick Appleyard's sport)\r\n- Baseball/Softball\r\n- Track & Field\r\n- Soccer\r\n- Wrestling\r\n- Swimming\r\n\r\n**Historical Context and Current Challenges**\r\n\r\nEscambia High School's troubled racial history - from its segregated opening in 1958 to the 1976 riots over Confederate symbols - shows how far the district has come. The federal courts banned racially divisive symbols in 1973, and schools have worked to create more inclusive environments.\r\n\r\nHowever, challenges remain. Some schools struggle with \"school spirit\" and maintaining successful programs across all sports. But where athletic programs thrive, they continue to bring diverse students together.\r\n\r\n**Building on Success**\r\n\r\nCommunity Partnership Schools and other initiatives are working to close achievement gaps, but sports remain one of the most organic ways for students to form cross-race friendships. As Dawson reflected: \"Many times, because of that distance the interaction wasn't positive because you came in with a certain mindset and so did they.\" Sports help break down those preconceived notions through shared experience.\r\n\r\nThis question will help measure whether the unifying power of athletics that brought Appleyard and Dawson together continues to work for today's students in Escambia County." }, { "id": 39155, "title": "By 2029, will majority-Black and majority-White schools in Escambia County receive roughly equal funding per student?", "short_title": "Equal School Funding in Escambia by 2029?", "url_title": "Equal School Funding in Escambia by 2029?", "slug": "equal-school-funding-in-escambia-by-2029", "author_id": 103275, "author_username": "christian", "coauthors": [], "created_at": "2025-08-14T23:56:19.362014Z", "published_at": "2025-08-14T23:56:14Z", "edited_at": "2025-09-05T17:28:54.999491Z", "curation_status": "approved", "curation_status_updated_at": "2025-08-14T23:56:42.677188Z", "comment_count": 0, "status": "open", "resolved": false, "actual_close_time": null, "scheduled_close_time": "2029-12-31T04:59:00Z", "scheduled_resolve_time": "2030-03-31T03:59:00Z", "actual_resolve_time": null, "open_time": "2025-08-14T23:57:00Z", "nr_forecasters": 17, "html_metadata_json": null, "projects": { "question_series": [ { "id": 32815, "type": "question_series", "name": "A Conversation in Black and White With the Equity Project Alliance", "slug": "BW", "header_image": "https://metaculus-web-media.s3.amazonaws.com/Screenshot_2025-08-13_at_10.45.32PM.png", "prize_pool": null, "start_date": "2025-08-14T18:07:23Z", "close_date": "2025-08-15T18:07:52Z", "forecasting_end_date": "2025-08-15T18:07:51Z", "html_metadata_json": null, "is_ongoing": false, "user_permission": null, "created_at": "2025-08-11T21:46:57.705470Z", "edited_at": "2025-08-15T00:49:53.735133Z", "score_type": "peer_tournament", "default_permission": "forecaster", "visibility": "unlisted", "is_current_content_translated": false, "bot_leaderboard_status": "exclude_and_hide" } ], "default_project": { "id": 32815, "type": "question_series", "name": "A Conversation in Black and White With the Equity Project Alliance", "slug": "BW", "header_image": "https://metaculus-web-media.s3.amazonaws.com/Screenshot_2025-08-13_at_10.45.32PM.png", "prize_pool": null, "start_date": "2025-08-14T18:07:23Z", "close_date": "2025-08-15T18:07:52Z", "forecasting_end_date": "2025-08-15T18:07:51Z", "html_metadata_json": null, "is_ongoing": false, "user_permission": null, "created_at": "2025-08-11T21:46:57.705470Z", "edited_at": "2025-08-15T00:49:53.735133Z", "score_type": "peer_tournament", "default_permission": "forecaster", "visibility": "unlisted", "is_current_content_translated": false, "bot_leaderboard_status": "exclude_and_hide" } }, "question": { "id": 38498, "title": "By 2029, will majority-Black and majority-White schools in Escambia County receive roughly equal funding per student?", "created_at": "2025-08-14T23:56:19.362474Z", "open_time": "2025-08-14T23:57:00Z", "cp_reveal_time": "2025-08-14T23:58:14Z", "spot_scoring_time": "2025-08-14T23:58:14Z", "scheduled_resolve_time": "2030-03-31T03:59:00Z", "actual_resolve_time": null, "resolution_set_time": null, "scheduled_close_time": "2029-12-31T04:59:00Z", "actual_close_time": "2029-12-31T04:59:00Z", "type": "binary", "options": null, "group_variable": "", "status": "open", "possibilities": null, "resolution": null, "include_bots_in_aggregates": false, "question_weight": 1.0, "default_score_type": "spot_peer", "default_aggregation_method": "unweighted", "label": "", "unit": "", "open_upper_bound": false, "open_lower_bound": false, "inbound_outcome_count": null, "scaling": { "range_min": null, "range_max": null, "nominal_min": null, "nominal_max": null, "zero_point": null, "open_upper_bound": false, "open_lower_bound": false, "inbound_outcome_count": null, "continuous_range": null }, "group_rank": null, "description": "The [WUWF article about Dick Appleyard and Ernest Dawson's friendship](https://www.wuwf.org/local-news/2025-08-13/a-conversation-in-black-and-white-recalling-friendship-at-pensacola-high-school-during-integration) during school integration reminds us that equity in education has been a decades-long struggle in Escambia County. While their story shows the power of integrated sports programs to build bridges, underlying resource inequities persist.\r\n\r\n**The Historical Context**\r\n\r\nEscambia County has been at the forefront of Florida's school funding battles. In 1979, the [Escambia County School Board sued Florida's Department of Education](https://www.floridapolicy.org/posts/funding-floridas-k-12-public-schools-inadequacy-breeds-inequity) (Gindl v. Department of Education), arguing that discretionary millage levies created unequal effects on school finances that violated equal protection clauses. This case highlighted how \"property-poor\" districts face significant resource disadvantages - a problem that continues today.\r\n\r\n**Current Demographics and Disparities**\r\n\r\nEscambia County School District serves approximately 37,851 students with the following demographics:\r\n- 44.9% White students\r\n- 34.3% Black students \r\n- 9.8% Hispanic students\r\n- 8% multiracial students\r\n\r\nWhile the district overall spends $10,878 per student according to [U.S. News data](https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/florida/districts/escambia-104710), this average masks significant within-district disparities. The district has [closed or consolidated 19 schools since 2002](https://www.wuwf.org/civics-101/2024-10-04/ballot-explainer-escambia-county-half-cent-school-tax-renewal), mostly in Black neighborhoods, raising concerns about equitable resource distribution.\r\n\r\n**National and State Context**\r\n\r\nResearch consistently shows that [districts serving predominantly students of color receive substantially less funding](https://edtrust.org/press-room/school-districts-that-serve-students-of-color-receive-significantly-less-funding/) - nationally about $2,700 less per student. Florida ranks particularly poorly on education funding equity:\r\n\r\n- [Florida receives an \"F\" grade](https://edlawcenter.org/making-the-grade-2024-education-funding-disparities-persist-as-some-states-prioritize-tax-cuts-and-privatization/) for funding level, distribution, and effort from the Education Law Center\r\n- The state provides 12% less funding to high-poverty districts compared to low-poverty districts\r\n- Florida devotes only 2.78% of its economic capacity to K-12 education, well below the national average\r\n\r\n**Progress and Challenges**\r\n\r\nSome initiatives are working to address these inequities:\r\n- [Community Partnership Schools](https://chsfl.org/updates/news/many-escambia-students-are-struggling-community-partnership-schools-may-be-the-answer/) at C.A. Weis Elementary, Pine Forest High, and Bellview Middle are showing promising results in closing achievement gaps\r\n- The half-cent sales tax for school improvements generates about $40 million annually for facility upgrades\r\n\r\nHowever, major challenges remain:\r\n- Florida's education funding formula doesn't account for student poverty levels\r\n- The state's expansion of voucher programs diverts [$3.9 billion](https://www.floridapolicy.org/posts/florida-continues-to-drain-much-needed-funds-away-from-public-schools-to-private-and-home-school-students) from public schools\r\n- Local property tax disparities continue to drive funding inequities\r\n\r\nAs Dick Appleyard noted in the WUWF article, \"there's so much to be done in the communities and in education\" - achieving funding equity is essential for giving all students the opportunities they deserve.", "resolution_criteria": "Scroll down to the Background section for more on this question and why it's important for our community.\r\n\r\nThis question will resolve based on per-student funding data comparing majority-Black schools (>50% Black students) to majority-White schools (>50% White students) within Escambia County School District.\r\n\r\n**Data Sources:**\r\n- Primary: Florida Department of Education's annual School Financial Report\r\n- Secondary: Escambia County School District budget reports\r\n- Tertiary: Independent analysis from organizations like Education Law Center or EdTrust\r\n\r\n**Funding Components to Include:**\r\n- State FEFP (Florida Education Finance Program) allocations per school\r\n- Local property tax revenues allocated to each school\r\n- Federal Title I and other federal program funds\r\n- District discretionary allocations\r\n- Capital expenditures averaged over 3 years\r\n\r\n**Resolution Criteria:**\r\n- Calculate average per-student funding for all majority-Black schools\r\n- Calculate average per-student funding for all majority-White schools \r\n- Determine the percentage difference: |(Black - White) / White| × 100\r\n\r\n**Resolution:**\r\n- **YES** if the funding gap is less than 10% (roughly equal)\r\n- **NO** if the funding gap is 10% or greater\r\n\r\n**Important Notes:**\r\n- Charter schools will be excluded from this analysis\r\n- If racial composition data becomes unavailable, use schools with >75% students eligible for free/reduced lunch vs. <25% eligible as a proxy\r\n- If school-level funding data is not available by 2029, the question resolves as AMBIGUOUS", "fine_print": "", "post_id": 39155, "aggregations": { "recency_weighted": { "history": [], "latest": null, "score_data": {}, "movement": null }, "unweighted": { "history": [ { "start_time": 1755218215.404949, "end_time": 1763169945.153, "forecaster_count": 17, "interval_lower_bounds": [ 0.001 ], "centers": [ 0.07 ], "interval_upper_bounds": [ 0.2 ] } ], "latest": { "start_time": 1755218215.404949, "end_time": 1763169945.153, "forecaster_count": 17, "interval_lower_bounds": [ 0.001 ], "centers": [ 0.07 ], "interval_upper_bounds": [ 0.2 ], "forecast_values": [ 0.9299999999999999, 0.07 ], "means": [ 0.11041176470588233 ], "histogram": [ [ 7.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 2.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 ] ] }, "score_data": {}, "movement": null }, "single_aggregation": { "history": [], "latest": null, "score_data": {}, "movement": null }, "metaculus_prediction": { "history": [], "latest": null, "score_data": {}, "movement": null } } }, "user_permission": "forecaster", "vote": { "score": -2, "user_vote": null }, "forecasts_count": 28, "key_factors": [], "is_current_content_translated": false, "description": "The [WUWF article about Dick Appleyard and Ernest Dawson's friendship](https://www.wuwf.org/local-news/2025-08-13/a-conversation-in-black-and-white-recalling-friendship-at-pensacola-high-school-during-integration) during school integration reminds us that equity in education has been a decades-long struggle in Escambia County. While their story shows the power of integrated sports programs to build bridges, underlying resource inequities persist.\r\n\r\n**The Historical Context**\r\n\r\nEscambia County has been at the forefront of Florida's school funding battles. In 1979, the [Escambia County School Board sued Florida's Department of Education](https://www.floridapolicy.org/posts/funding-floridas-k-12-public-schools-inadequacy-breeds-inequity) (Gindl v. Department of Education), arguing that discretionary millage levies created unequal effects on school finances that violated equal protection clauses. This case highlighted how \"property-poor\" districts face significant resource disadvantages - a problem that continues today.\r\n\r\n**Current Demographics and Disparities**\r\n\r\nEscambia County School District serves approximately 37,851 students with the following demographics:\r\n- 44.9% White students\r\n- 34.3% Black students \r\n- 9.8% Hispanic students\r\n- 8% multiracial students\r\n\r\nWhile the district overall spends $10,878 per student according to [U.S. News data](https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/florida/districts/escambia-104710), this average masks significant within-district disparities. The district has [closed or consolidated 19 schools since 2002](https://www.wuwf.org/civics-101/2024-10-04/ballot-explainer-escambia-county-half-cent-school-tax-renewal), mostly in Black neighborhoods, raising concerns about equitable resource distribution.\r\n\r\n**National and State Context**\r\n\r\nResearch consistently shows that [districts serving predominantly students of color receive substantially less funding](https://edtrust.org/press-room/school-districts-that-serve-students-of-color-receive-significantly-less-funding/) - nationally about $2,700 less per student. Florida ranks particularly poorly on education funding equity:\r\n\r\n- [Florida receives an \"F\" grade](https://edlawcenter.org/making-the-grade-2024-education-funding-disparities-persist-as-some-states-prioritize-tax-cuts-and-privatization/) for funding level, distribution, and effort from the Education Law Center\r\n- The state provides 12% less funding to high-poverty districts compared to low-poverty districts\r\n- Florida devotes only 2.78% of its economic capacity to K-12 education, well below the national average\r\n\r\n**Progress and Challenges**\r\n\r\nSome initiatives are working to address these inequities:\r\n- [Community Partnership Schools](https://chsfl.org/updates/news/many-escambia-students-are-struggling-community-partnership-schools-may-be-the-answer/) at C.A. Weis Elementary, Pine Forest High, and Bellview Middle are showing promising results in closing achievement gaps\r\n- The half-cent sales tax for school improvements generates about $40 million annually for facility upgrades\r\n\r\nHowever, major challenges remain:\r\n- Florida's education funding formula doesn't account for student poverty levels\r\n- The state's expansion of voucher programs diverts [$3.9 billion](https://www.floridapolicy.org/posts/florida-continues-to-drain-much-needed-funds-away-from-public-schools-to-private-and-home-school-students) from public schools\r\n- Local property tax disparities continue to drive funding inequities\r\n\r\nAs Dick Appleyard noted in the WUWF article, \"there's so much to be done in the communities and in education\" - achieving funding equity is essential for giving all students the opportunities they deserve." } ] }
