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Montgomery mayor announces 60th Selma‑to‑Montgomery events and honors McKee Middle School robotics team
Summary
The mayor outlined the city's 60th Selma‑to‑Montgomery march commemorations, including a reception, family day, Stars of Freedom Rally and Sunday march with Reverend Dr. Bernice King, and recognized McKee Middle School students who qualified for the 2025 VEX Robotics World Championship.
Mayor (name not specified) outlined the schedule for Montgomery’s 60th‑anniversary commemoration of the Selma‑to‑Montgomery march and recognized a local middle‑school robotics team for qualifying for an international championship.
The mayor said the city will host a reception Friday and a family fun day Saturday at Harbor High School from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., including face painting, interactive exhibits and live performances. He said the Stars of Freedom Rally would run 2 p.m. to 8 p.m., featuring reenactments of entertainers who encouraged marchers during the original trek. On Sunday, the mayor said participants will retrace the steps of the original march to the State Capitol, where he said Reverend Dr. Bernice King will speak; the mayor referred to Dr. King by name when discussing the Sunday program.
Separately, the mayor recognized three members of the McKee Middle School robotics team — Fernando Francisco, Carter Townsend and Rashad Robinson — who won the Alabama Middle School VEX IQ State Championship and qualified to compete at the 2025 VEX Robotics World Championship in Dallas, Texas. The mayor named teachers Jennifer Julius and Jessica Johnson as team leaders and Patrick Nelson as the school’s principal, and said the team received a team award and a Create Award at the state competition for innovative problem‑solving, strong team interviews and an exemplary engineering notebook.
The mayor invited the public to attend the commemorative events and encouraged community support for the robotics team. He asked that a team photograph be taken for the record and said further logistics would be provided through the city’s event channels.
