Mobile County School System Fends Off Two Cyber Attacks During Testing Week
Two denial-of-service cyber attacks briefly knocked out internet access at Mobile County schools during standardized testing week this year.
Mobile County Schools Defends Hiring Process After Background Check Gap Surfaces
State officials say a delayed database update, not a broken hiring process, let a Denton Middle School teacher's earlier arrest slip past screening.
Denton Middle School Teacher Charged After Investigation Into Remarks to Student
A Denton Middle School teacher turned himself in on charges tied to inappropriate remarks to a student, following a joint police investigation.
Mobile County Schools Host Signature Academy Info Session for 8th Graders
Mobile County Public Schools invited 8th graders and parents to a Signature Academy info session as all 12 district high schools now offer the career programs.
Mobile County School Board Fine-Tunes New Teacher Salary Schedule
Mobile County's school board is finalizing a 2014-15 pay schedule covering teachers, substitutes, bus drivers and thousands of other employees.
How Mobile Police and School Resource Officers Respond to Campus Threats
Mobile police and Mobile County school resource officers describe how they coordinate quickly when a weapon or threat is reported on campus.
Mobile County School’s Safety Contract for Kindergartner Sparks Review
A Mobile County kindergartner was asked to sign a safety contract after a classroom drawing, prompting the district to review its policy.
Mobile County Schools Embrace ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, Raise Thousands for Charity
Mobile County Public School System students and staff raised thousands of dollars through the viral ALS Ice Bucket Challenge this month.
Judge Strikes Down Alabama Accountability Act as Unconstitutional; State Seeks Stay to Protect Mobile County Transfers
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…
AEA representative presses Mobile school board over in-house testing workload
A representative of the Alabama Education Association used a Mobile County school board meeting to voice frustration over a new testing requirement he says has piled work onto local teachers.…