Time To Stop The Montgomery Circus – Part Two
Time To Stop The Montgomery Circus: Part Two How do you tell how much a community cares about its public schools? Looking in their pocketbook is an excellent way to start. Do this and you discover that Montgomery apparently cares less than places like Bullock County,...
Time To Stop The Montgomery Circus
If the Montgomery public school situation isn’t a full-blown circus, then I have never heard a calliope. All we need is a trapeze or two, a couple of elephants and a lion and a tiger. We already have a full cast of performers. The MPS school board, the chamber of...
Montgomery Charter Plan Runs Into Buzz Saw At Public Hearing
There was a public hearing at Montgomery's Lanier High school April 5 to discuss the plans of the Montgomery Education Foundation to turn five local schools into charter schools. After a presentation by the education foundation about what the plan encompasses and...
Timeline For Superintendent Search Released
The state department of education has released the timeline for the search for a new state superintendent. All interested parties had to have applications in by March 23, 2018. April 12, 2018--Ray and Associates, the search firm employed by ALSDE, will meet with the...
Decision Time For Mary Scott Hunter
Not only is state school board member Mary Scott Hunter engrossed in a run for the state senate in Huntsville, she faces a very tough decision before her election on June 5. The state school board is now beginning a search for a new state superintendent. It is being...
Did He Really Say That?
It seems that it would not be a normal legislative session without at least one bill that is considered "very contentious." Most observers are bestowing this title to HB317 for the session that ended this week. As I understand it (and I make no promises that I do)...
Larry is Running for Montgomery School Board
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