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Hoover Public Schools leaders say sixth- and ninth-grade transition activities smoothed first day
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Superintendent Brett Richmond told the Committee of the Whole that planned acclimation activities for students moving to new grade bands went ahead Thursday and appeared to ease student anxiety; staff and student leaders ran assemblies and small-group activities to orient returning students.
Superintendent Brett Richmond told the Hoover Public Schools Board of Directors Committee of the Whole on Aug. 26, 2025, that the district’s planned transition activities for sixth- and ninth-grade students ran on the first day of school and ‘‘were a huge success,’’ though some students reported anxiety. Richmond said kindergarten followed a normal three-day rolling start.
Richmond said staff used a mix of large-group assemblies and smaller, moving-group activities to help students learn new routes and locations in secondary buildings, and that older student leaders…
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