Alabama / School Districts / Birmingham City Schools
Birmingham City Schools officials reported a past-due mobile device management (MDM) balance of $509,981.71 to Mozzle (MDM vendor) covering Jan. 2021–Sept. 2024, described steps taken to reconcile device counts and to align future licensing, and discussed gaps in prior contract oversight.
Alabama / School Districts / Birmingham City Schools
District staff proposed a two-year extension with Xerox that consolidates printing, scanning and document repository services into a cloud-based system, described legacy Omnibridge interoperability problems and asked board members to review the contract renewal and contingency amounts.
Alabama / School Districts / Birmingham City Schools
District leaders reported growth in multilingual enrollment, ongoing ACCESS testing, monthly strategic-plan monitoring and expansion of the Empower Newcomer program to support recently arrived English learners.
Alabama / School Districts / Birmingham City Schools
A community member used the board’s community-voice period to voice opposition to a proposed charter aviation high school near Park and Lincoln, saying he was “appalled” the board would consider it two blocks from a park.
Alabama / School Districts / Birmingham City Schools
Student teams from Birmingham City Schools were honored at the Jan. 14 meeting; the Altec Innovation Challenge awarded $10,000 to Southampton Elementary’s Community Care Innovations (Hygiene Hub) and EPIC Elementary was recognized as a 2024 National Blue Ribbon School.
Alabama / School Districts / Birmingham City Schools
The Birmingham City Schools board approved a contract with Public Consulting Group LLC after discussion about outcomes and a failed attempt to postpone the vote so staff could provide usage and outcome data for an earlier cohort.