Mobile and Baldwin County News
Assistant Superintendent Fred Marshall announced a Democratic run for the Mobile County school board seat being vacated by Hazel Fournier, planning to retire in May after 43 years in the…
An arbitrator ruled that Bishop State Community College fired former school board member David Thomas without cause, ordering him reinstated as an instructor with full back pay. Chancellor Bradley Byrne…
LaVeeshia Pittman abandoned the Democratic primary for Mobile County school board District 3, saying party leaders discouraged her. The county chairman said no one in the party had ever met…
County Democrats planned a kickoff reception with neighboring party chairs from three states, a retired union leader weighed a run for treasurer, and a Bishop State student announced for school…
A former Prichard councilman entered the school board race, a former county commissioner passed, and courthouse offices from revenue to license commissioner drew a scramble of prospects as the filing…
Two Mobile County school board members drew scrutiny after holding a closed-door meeting with a school system employee, reviving concerns about transparency even under new board and superintendent leadership.
Three prospects surfaced for seats on the Mobile County Board of School Commissioners, including a 25-year-old assistant pastor from Whistler and a superintendent who had just been replaced.
The Mobile County school board elected new officers in November 2007 as incoming superintendent Dr. Roy Nichols began visiting local schools.
The Mobile County Education Association asked the school board president to release records on hundreds of thousands of dollars in no-bid contracts, questioning whether vendors who donated to the system…
A survey of 512 registered voters found 45.6 percent believed Mobile County public schools were on the right track. Among the critics, the school board drew far more blame than…