A contract to convert some Montgomery Public Schools into charter schools failed to pass at a meeting of the Montgomery County school board this afternoon. The proposed contract was presented by the Montgomery Education Foundation. MEF had received approval by the state department of education to create the first conversion charter schools by the fall. Now it appears there will…
The Alabama Dept. of Education has released its list of failing schools for 2019. This list, which is based on test scores and is required by The Alabama Accountability Act, includes 76 schools. That number is essentially the same as last year. In Montgomery Public Schools, there are 10 schools on the failing list, compared to 11 in 2018 and…
A former Montgomery Public Schools teacher is charged with having sex with a student. Police say 24-year-old Natasha Patronsky is charged with having sexual relations with a male student under the age of 19. School officials confirm she taught at Lanier High School when the incident happened. She was a first year Spanish teacher and had been with the school…
The lack of community support for Montgomery Public Schools has been a hot topic for school leaders, school board members, and candidates, but recent school donations have some incoming board members saying things are taking a turn for the better. The Montgomery Sunrise Rotary Club with the help of the Montgomery County Commission donated a tractor to the school Monday. …
An early Saturday morning fire destroyed one building at Montgomery’s Booker T. Washington Magnet School……then Saturday night a water main broke and flooded part of the surviving large building at the school on the other side of Union Street. That water damage was limited to the basement and workers were drying that building out as firefighters across the street continued…
As many students across the area head back to school this week, one local group is making sure students get a special welcome back to class. It is all part of the program Raised by the Power of Ten Men. The goal is to get volunteers from the community out into the schools on the first day to help bridge…
The Montgomery County School Board will look very different later this year. As it stands right now, there could be as many as five new board members taking office in December. Here are the changes we know are coming so far: incumbents Robert Porterfield, who is serving as board president, and Melissa Snowden both lost in the primary races, Eleanor…
In another sign of the dissatisfaction with the performance of Montgomery Public Schools, another school board member has gone down in defeat. This time, it was school board President Robert Porterfield. Porterfield was defeated by challenger Claudia Mitchell in the Democratic runoff for District 6. His defeat adds to that of board member Melissa Snowden, who lost her Republican primary…
A spokesperson for Montgomery Public Schools has announced that Dozier Elementary School will remain open one more year. That decision was made today by Montgomery Public Schools Superintendent Ann Roy Moore and State School Superintendent Eric Mackey after looking at the logistics involved in rezoning and closing schools after having to wait for the final court rulings. Superintendent Mackey believes this delay is actually cost…
Montgomery Public Schools is holding a series of meetings with parents concerning the closings of four schools . Those closings will impact school zoning across the school system. The public informational meeting scheduled for tomorrow night (May 22) at Lee High School has been postponed and has been rescheduled for June 7. The other meetings, May 24 at Carver High School and May 31 at Park Crossing High…
