Satsuma Puts $1.5 Million Into Old Lee Elementary as Mobile County Schools Grow
Satsuma is spending $1.5 million to renovate the former Lee Elementary School, while Mobile County adds a welding academy and new testing data.
Mobile and Baldwin County News
Satsuma is spending $1.5 million to renovate the former Lee Elementary School, while Mobile County adds a welding academy and new testing data.
Students at Calcedeaver Elementary in Mount Vernon will move into a new $10.5 million school building when classes resume after the holidays.
The Mobile County school board approved White-Spunner Construction to build the new $25 million Citronelle High School, set for completion in 2016.
Baker High School has been invited to join the College Board's AP Capstone program, becoming just the third such school in Alabama after a record year.
Mobile County students scored below new benchmarks in reading and math but above average in English on the first ACT Aspire testing round.
More than 8,000 students across Mobile and Baldwin county schools lack current immunization records, according to local health department data.
Mobile's Baker High School has been invited into the College Board's AP Capstone program, joining a small group of campuses statewide recognized for exam success.
Mobile County schools saw a sharp rise in pertussis cases this fall, while Baldwin County set a March referendum on a school construction tax.
Enrollment is up at Most Pure Heart of Mary Catholic School in Mobile, aided by Alabama Accountability Act scholarships for families in need.
A roundup of Mobile and Baldwin county school news covers construction projects, a new digital literacy pilot and a donation from Airbus.