Huntsville Backs Off Changes to Teacher Tenure

The Huntsville school district has backed off of a plan to offer teachers at "failing" schools more money to give up their tenure rights.

The school board was initially slated to hold a public hearing on the issue at a special-called meeting set for Thursday evening. The proposal sought to offer incentive pay of at least $2,500 to teachers willing to work in a school deemed "failing" under the Alabama Accountability Act.

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Time to Slow Down

Schools is back in session and people need to slow down in school zones.

White students not eligible to transfer out of 'failing' schools in Huntsville

Huntsville City Schools approved 294 student transfers for the coming school year under federal and state law. All 294 are black students. All are leaving a majority black school and going to a majority white school.

Skin color is a factor because almost all were approved under a 43-year-old federal desegregation order. That court order dating back to the Civil Rights era still mandates the system consider race in deciding which students get to go where.
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Whitesburg Middle School

Whitesburg Middle School had an eventful year in 2012. This school is located in Huntsville that is in the northeastern Alabama. The school was the recipient of new computers, new employees, and even a new principal, Barbara Little. Ms. Little feels that, because of their flexible natures, the families of Whitesburg have adapted quite well to all these changes.

Many times, the secret to attaining success is change. We discovered the Whitesburg's clubs offer other secrets to success with the likes of the Future Business Leaders of America, Academic Team, Robotics Club, and Optimist Club. Congratulations to Whitesburg for educating America's future leaders!

Whitesburg Middle Schools offers the standard state-required program of study. On top of this, it also offers gifted and talented classes. Specials education is also available, along with technical and vocational courses.