It was a day of brain storming, as local church leaders met with teachers and staff to find out what they can bring to the table, in Montgomery Public Schools. A group called the Pan-Methodist Group, made up of people across several church denominations, met at E.D. Nixon Elementary to find out how they can do more to be apart…
There is still a lot of uncertainty surrounding what budget cuts, and downsizing could mean for Montgomery Public Schools. Officials say the system is facing 5 million dollars in cuts under the new budget. Members of the school board met with interim state superintendent, Ed Richardson Monday to discuss some of the tough decisions to come, including the estimated 80…
Montgomery Public Schools Chief Education Officer Dr. Reginald Eggleston approved a new budget yesterday without approval of the board. The budget doesn’t include the sale of Georgia Washington Middle School but it does include some big cuts. According to MPS officials, the budget includes around $5 million of cuts, that could be as many as 81 positions. So far, officials…
With Dr. Ed Richardson as interim State School Superintendent many people are wondering what this means for the intervention into Montgomery Public Schools. Right now, Montgomery County School Board members say they don’t know what to expect, but they believe the intervention will continue. Richardson was named interim State Superintendent last week after Michael Sentance’s sudden resignation. Sentance played a big…
The State School board of education is now in need of a new superintendent, with the resignation of Michael Sentance earlier Wednesday. Sentance was facing a possible vote to remove him by board member at Thursday’s state school board meeting. During his time as superintendent Sentance has received some push back from state and Montgomery Public School board members on…
State superintendent Michael Sentance has resigned. Below is the official statement from the Alabama Department of Education: Alabama State Superintendent of Education Michael Sentance has officially submitted his letter of resignation to the Alabama State Board of Education and to Alabama Governor Kay Ivey. After one year at the helm of the state’s education system, Sentance said his experience in…
The Alabama Education Association is warning Montgomery Public Schools custodians to keep an eye out for changes to their job. This comes as the school system continues to restructure its departments with the ongoing state intervention. Back in late June, Montgomery Public Schools approved a plan to deep clean 25 schools across the district, but instead of using its custodial…
Lesa Keith, Vice President of The Montgomery Public School Board, weighed on State superintendent Michael Sentance’s one year evaluation. She says her hope is that the board is fair after Sentance came in to position under rocky circumstances. She explains “nobody so far has done what needed to be done so to me I think he needs to be given…
The newly released Montgomery Public Schools audits are revealing some chronic problems across schools, especially excessive teacher absences. The audit states that at Robert E. Lee High School there were 659 teacher days lost in the first half of the 2016-2017 school year. That’s double the number of absences at the same point in the 2015-2016 school year. Park Crossing…
Montgomery Police Department reports there is one person of interest in custody in the shooting death of a Bellingrath student. Montgomery Police Department spokesperson, Capt. Regina Duckett, says the 14-year-old female student shot this afternoon has died. Duckett says she was transported to Baptist South where she was pronounced. According to Police Chief Ernest Finley the unidentified student was shot…
