Mobile and Baldwin County News
Fairhope is asking lawmakers for a referendum after 83% of survey respondents opposed leaving BCPS. Semmes, where 61% backed separation, is annexing school properties and commissioning a feasibility study.
Fairhope's push to form its own school system drew pushback at its first public meeting, as critics say a pro-independence group has withheld the full study behind its no-tax-increase claim.
The Baldwin County Board of Education has selected longtime educator Marty McRae, who has spent 36 years in the district, as the next superintendent of Baldwin County Public Schools.
The Alabama High School Athletic Association says fall sports practices and games can begin on schedule, but is leaving decisions on participation, travel and spectators up to local districts —…