Emailed Bomb Threat Puts Foley High School on Alert, Investigation Underway
An emailed bomb threat against Foley High School staff triggered a police search and a rapid notification alert to parents before being cleared.
Baldwin County School Board Restores Assistant Superintendents in a Return to a Familiar Structure
The Baldwin County school board appointed two assistant superintendents in August 2014, unwinding the executive-principal model and returning the system to a more traditional organization.
Mobile teachers’ union pushes back on new in-house testing workload at MCPSS
A teachers' union representative told the Mobile County school board that educators are shouldering extra, unpaid hours to design their own quarterly tests, while district leaders defended the new approach…
Might Kindergartners Return to Barton Academy?
With the school system's administration finally out of the building, talk around Mobile turned to sending children back into Barton Academy, possibly as the new home of a performing arts…
Teachers’ Union Demanded Mobile County School Board Open Its No-Bid Contracts
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…
Deputy Superintendent Hired a Lawyer as Scrutiny of 200 Phone Calls Intensified
Mobile County's deputy school superintendent retained veteran attorney William A. Kimbrough after questions arose about more than 200 phone conversations with an ousted school board member under a court order.
Getting Schooled in Real Estate: Mobile County’s $8.95 Million Bet on an Old Office Building
The Mobile County school system's proposed purchase of the old Kellogg, Brown & Root building drew sharp criticism from commercial real estate professionals, and a vigorous defense.