Baldwin County Schools Growing Fast, But Superintendent Pay Trails State
Despite ranking among Alabama's fastest-growing districts, Baldwin County offered a superintendent salary well below dozens of smaller systems.
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.
Baldwin County School Board Refinances 2007 Bonds, Saving $10.4 Million
Baldwin County school board refinanced $89.4 million in bonds, saving $10.4 million, while also setting the 2015-16 calendar and coaching moves.
Mobile County Schools Set New Goal: 90 Percent Graduation Rate by 2017
After reaching an 82 percent graduation rate years ahead of schedule, Mobile County school officials set an even more ambitious 2017 target.
Bay Minette Native Jeff Langham Takes New Role at State Education Department
Bay Minette native Jeff Langham left a decade-long superintendent post to become Assistant State Superintendent for External Affairs in Montgomery.
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.
Baldwin County Schools Say Budget Is ‘On Track’ as Penny Tax Revenue Edges Up
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…
Mobile County Schools Prepare to Launch Online ‘Envision Virtual School’
The Mobile County school system prepared to open Envision Virtual School for grades 6-12 in fall 2014, capping first-year enrollment at 250 students pending a June board vote.