Baldwin County Schools Switch Parent Alert Providers to Cut Costs
Baldwin County's school board is switching parent notification providers, saving about $30,000 a year while improving alert speed for families.
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Baldwin County's school board is switching parent notification providers, saving about $30,000 a year while improving alert speed for families.
Baldwin County school officials outlined millions in campus improvements, including new roofs at three high schools and building upgrades countywide.
A social media threat against McGill-Toolen Catholic High School students led to an arrest and raised new questions about parent notification.
University of South Alabama trustees learned the school's endowment grew to $141.9 million after a 10.43 percent investment return in fiscal 2014.
Administrators from the University of South Alabama and University of Mobile were honored by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission.
The University of South Alabama will award nearly 1,930 degrees at its Dec. 13 fall commencement, with physician Steve Furr delivering the keynote.
Mobile school officials outlined a deliberately slow, multi-phase repair plan for Murphy High's main building, prioritizing minimal classroom disruption.
Mobile officials broke ground on a $1.6 million band room at Murphy High School, replacing space destroyed by a 2012 tornado that displaced the band.
Mobile County's school system earned a national Golden Achievement Award for its community outreach campaign.
A Montgomery judge has ruled the Alabama Accountability Act unconstitutional on procedural grounds, putting school-transfer tax credits used by families in Mobile County and across the state in limbo while…