The passage of the state education budget with no required teacher layoffs on Wednesday won’t stop layoffs in Ozark’s elementary schools, but will reduce the number of teachers not hired back for next school year, Ozark City Schools Superintendent Mike Lenhart said.
Sheila Harris was disappointed Madison’s new fire station doesn’t have a pole. “I wanted to slide down the pole,” said Harris, 75, with a grin. That’s about the only thing the state’s first “green” fire station doesn’t have.
Decatur police are going to check local stores to make sure they are not selling any synthetic marijuana products, which have been banned by the state.
The Tuscaloosa County Board of Education was set to approve a new 2012-2013 school year calendar Thursday afternoon, but the plans had to be abandoned due to new information the system received from State Superintendent of Education Tommy Bice Thursday morning.
Homewood and other public school systems statewide must revise their calendars after the state Legislature passed a new law mandating that schools not start before Aug. 20.
Alabama’s governor wants the Legislature to make more changes in the state’s tough immigration law, including eliminating one provision he considers unfair to children and another he calls a public relations problem for the state.
BAY MINETTE, Alabama — Baldwin County students will enjoy a longer summer break and a shorter school term for the next 2 years following the legislature’s action setting standard start and end dates for the state. School board members will vote on the new calendar tonight.