A.A. Dixon School Adoption

Innisfree Hotels is committed to helping the students at the A. A. Dixon Charter School elevate themselves to a better of life.  At the start of the 2011/2012 school year, Dixon school administrators were issued a 90 day closure notice before back to school routines had a chance to become firmly established; they were rated an F school by the state and were $100,000 in debt after their first year of operation.

School parents demonstrated their faith in Dixon and rallied for a reprieve and so the Escambia County School Board approved the school’s corrective action plan.  The students and teachers are now tasked with transforming Dixon’s uncertain future into an academic success story.

Kim MacQueen, the wife of our CEO and founder Julian MacQueen, sits on the Dixon board.   She was inspired by the parent led initiative to keep the school open and sent an email to Innisfree employees outlining the situation.  There was an instant swell of grassroots support and so Innisfree officially ‘adopted’ A.A. Dixon in October 2011.  We’ve since appointed a team to identify Dixon’s greatest needs and now are working to provide some of the money, time and energy required to turn this school around.

Innisfree has challenged the students to bring their grades up to a C on the FCAT.  If the students achieve this goal, they’ll be treated to a giant pool party at all three Innisfree managed hotels located on Pensacola Beach in the spring of 2012.