Bridal Hamilton Emphasizes Fiscal Stewardship, Transparency in Hoover City Schools Board Interview

Bridal Hamilton, a candidate for a seat on the Hoover City Schools board, faced questions from Hoover City Council members about the district’s desegregation consent decree, workforce training programs and school funding during a public interview. Hamilton said he would emphasize fiscal stewardship, transparency and coalition-building if appointed.

Hamilton summarized the district’s long-running desegregation case, Stout v. Board of Education, as now operating under a consent decree and subject to federal oversight. “How do you get to sort of that unitary status, right? … ultimately we’ve gotta continue to advocate about the good things that we’re doing for all of our students,” Hamilton said, describing the path to ending oversight as a judge-driven…