Baldwin County’s school system reported it was on pace to close fiscal 2014 with a healthy reserve as its one-cent education sales tax brought in slightly more money than the year before, officials told the board.
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Baldwin County
Baldwin County School Board Approves $4 Million in Raises, New Hires
The Baldwin County school board approved more than $4 million in employee raises and new hires during a June 2014 meeting.
Bayou La Batre
West Mobile Principal Enters School Board Race, Pledging to Give His Salary Away
Hutchens Elementary principal William Foster confirmed a run for the Mobile County school board’s District 5 seat, saying he would turn his board salary into scholarships and field trip money for students.
Chickasaw
Saraland’s School Breakaway Stalls as State Deadline Arrives
Saraland Superintendent Paul Sousa said negotiations to separate from the Mobile County school system had gone silent, with a state deadline days away and a new high school waiting on a deal.
Mobile
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 got preference.
Mobile
Poll Found Most Mobile County Voters Thought the Schools Were on the Right Track
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 teachers, parents or students.