Circuit Judge Brad Mendheim ruled Tuesday that a Headland High School student who had not passed the Alabama High School Graduation Exam should be allowed to walk in the school’s graduation ceremony.
Alabama State School Superintendent Tommy Bice said although Alabama’s schools face historic challenges concerning budgets, now is the best time to be the state schools’ head as it presents unprecedented opportunities to reform them.
The passage of the state education budget with no required teacher layoffs on Wednesday won’t stop layoffs in Ozark’s elementary schools, but will reduce the number of teachers not hired back for next school year, Ozark City Schools Superintendent Mike Lenhart said.
Wiregrass Sen. Harri Anne Smith, I-Slocomb, announced Thursday that $250,000 has been secured to construct a second entrance to the Troy-Dothan campus.