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Study approved
First step in city school system? By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer In a meeting where most of the discussion took place after formal adjournment, Atmore City Council members voted unanimously on Monday (March 25) to hire a Vestavia Hills firm to help determine the feasibility of forming a city school system. The council action marked the first step in a long process toward deciding whether or not to create…
Atmore City School System … maybe
News Staff Report A group has formed in Atmore to explore the possibility of creating a city school system, breaking away from the county public school system. Atmore Citizens for Change will hold a public meeting this Friday night, February 15, 6 p.m. at Deliverance Ministry Church of Jesus Christ, 2nd Avenue, in Atmore. They plan to have a consultant at the meeting to share information on the process of…
School data released
State, county and individual schools By SHERRY DIGMON News Staff Writer The news was good and bad. When Alabama Department of Education report card data was released last week, local schools did better than last year, but the overall grade for the system is still a C. That’s due in part to falling grades in two schools on the other end of the county. Accountability indicators Grades are based on…