Alabama / School Districts / Tuscaloosa City Schools
The district’s charter review team recommended denying Pathways in Education’s application, citing concerns about fiscal viability and sustainability; the board voted to approve the recommendation on Jan. 13.
Alabama / School Districts / Tuscaloosa City Schools
The Tuscaloosa City Schools board approved the consent agenda and personnel set-asides (with a few abstentions recorded), discussed minor updates to the financial procedures manual including raising a bid threshold, and voted to enter executive session for a school safety update.
Alabama / School Districts / Tuscaloosa City Schools
The board recognized Northridge High School’s highest-ever AP exam pass rate and described incentives from the A Plus partnership, including about $32,000 in student gift cards and roughly $37,000 in teacher incentives; district leaders also outlined expansion of AP offerings and a middle-school initiative that brings AP-level instruction to younger students.
Alabama / School Districts / Tuscaloosa City Schools
At a first reading, district staff presented a 2026–27 academic calendar with 177 student days and 187 staff days, added three-day weekends and staff development days, and reported survey feedback showing strong support for two-week winter break and a full Thanksgiving week.
Alabama / School Districts / Tuscaloosa City Schools
Tuscaloosa City Schools presented an AI rollout focused on using chatbots and classroom tools as instructional support, launching staff AI literacy courses and holding a family workshop Jan. 29, 2026, while flagging data-governance and academic-integrity concerns.
Alabama / School Districts / Tuscaloosa City Schools
CSFO Jay Duke told the board revenues finished about 3% above budget and expenditures about 3% below, narrowing a roughly $9 million deficit heading into FY25; Duke said the results extend the districts runway and noted capital spending remains constrained by debt service.
Alabama / School Districts / Tuscaloosa City Schools
At its Nov. 18 meeting the Tuscaloosa City Schools board approved the superintendents personnel recommendations, an early-retirement notification incentive, booster-funded soccer-field changes at Northridge, an award for the Woodland Forest reroofing project and updated facilities rental rates; all motions passed by voice vote.
Alabama / School Districts / Tuscaloosa City Schools
The board approved the superintendent’s personnel recommendations on the Oct. 21 consent agenda, which included multiple resignations, new hires, reassignments and contracted coaches; no roll-call vote names were recorded in the transcript.
Alabama / School Districts / Tuscaloosa City Schools
The board approved a formatting correction to the Tuscaloosa City Schools code of conduct that added an identification for a 3.67 assault reference; the amendment was described as a correction to format only.
Alabama / School Districts / Tuscaloosa City Schools
Calvary Baptist Church representatives announced a donation from the Hitzen Fund to Tuscaloosa City Schools and described the fund's history and annual fundraising activities.