Beginning in the late 1960s and early 1970s various other cities began to establish their own separate systems (i.e., Homewood, Midfield, Vestavia Hills, Hoover, etc.).
It also includes students who reside in the cities of Adamsville, Clay, Fultondale, Gardendale, Graysville, Hueytown, Irondale, Kimberly, Morris, Pinson, Pleasant Grove, and Warrior among others.
While these races are usually decided in the respective party primaries almost none of the work or decisions of the Board are of a partisan nature.
[5] Below is a partial listing of past members: Day-to-day operations of the system are run by the superintendent.
The most recent superintendent was Dr. Craig Pouncey,[6] who took over in June 2014, following the ouster of Dr. Stephen Nowlin after 16 months in office.
In 1868, shortly after The Civil War and long before the County System existed, he and his wife, Alice (Sadler) McAdory, established and ran the Pleasant Hill Academy in McCalla.
Issac Wellington McAdory is the only Superintendent who has three separate schools named in his honor which may be more of a coincidence than a deliberate effort.
Data on enrollment, student-teacher ratio, and graduation rate are all drawn from the 2013–14 academic year.
(9–12)[9] Ratio[10] Rate[11] (1) Oak Grove is a combined Middle and High School campus containing grades 6–12.
(2) Both Pleasant Grove and Fultondale are combined Middle and High School campus containing grades 7–12.
This occurs for a variety of reasons some of which are demographic changes, de-segregation orders, obsolete facilities, etc.
As of early 2018, both Center Point and Minor High Schools were included in this category.