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Hoover City Schools, Alabama

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Budget Y
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Administrative Officials N
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Contracts Y
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Audits N
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Public records N
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Academics N
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Hoover City Schools is a school district in Alabama.

Website evaluation

Main article: Evaluation of Alabama school district websites

Last rated on October 19, 2012.

The good

  • Taxes
    • Revenues are listed in budget documents.[1]
  • Budget
    • Budgets are posted.[1]
  • Meetings
    • Meeting schedules are posted.[2]
    • Recent meeting agendas and minutes are posted.[2]
  • Elected officials
    • Board members names' are listed.[3]
  • Contracts
    • Salary schedules are posted.[4]
  • Background checks
    • Employee background check details are posted.[5]

The bad

  • Taxes
    • Tax rates are not posted.
  • Meetings
    • Fully archived meeting agendas and minutes are not available.
  • Elected officials
    • Contact details are not provided.
  • Administrative officials
    • Administrative officials' names and contact details are not posted.
  • Lobbying
    • There is no information on [government sector lobbying].
  • Public records
    • Information is not available on how to file a public records request.
  • Audits
    • Audits are not posted.
  • Academic performance
    • Academic performance reports are not posted.


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School board

Below are the school district board members:[3]

School board member
Mr. A.W. Bolt, Chairman
Mrs. Donna Drazier, Vice Chairman
Mr. Earl Cooper
Mr. William G. Veitch
Mrs. Paulette Pearson

The current district superintendent is Andy Craig.

The Alabama Public School System is supervised by the State Board of Education. The Board President is Governor Bob Riley and the State Superintendent is the Board’s Chief Executive Officer.[6]

Current Board of Education members include:

Member District Term Term Expires
Governor Bob Riley, President
Joseph B. Morton, State Superintendent of Education, Secretary and Executive Officer
Randy McKinney, Vice President District 1 2nd 2013
Betty Peters District 2 1st 2011
Stephanie Bell District 3 2nd 2013
Dr Ethel H Hall, Vice President Emerita District 4 2nd 2011
Ella B. Bell District 5 2nd 2013
David F. Byers, Jr. District 6 2nd 2011
Gary B. Warren District 7 2013
Dr Mary Jane Caylor, President Pro Tem District 8 2011

Budget

The Hoover City School District 2010 general fund expenditures budget, reported July 2010, totaled $123,766,720.07, including $51,799,218.00 in state revenue, $2,965,170.00 in federal revenue, and $30,064,562.00 in local revenue.[1]

The budget reflects a $5 million gap, reduced from $20 million the from the 2009 budget. The reduction was achieved in part by cutting $2.3 million in salaries and benefits and $7.2 million in debt service.[7]

Academic Performance

The Alabama Department of Education's Student Assessment Program tests students K – 12 in core content areas of reading, mathematics, language, and science, including specialist populations such as special education students and limited English proficient students. [8]

The Alabama Accountability Program sets Annual Measurable Objectives for schools and school systems. To achieve Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) toward system goals, schools must score at or above the set objectives and have at least a 95% participation rate amongst students. Students are tested in reading and mathematics. A school that misses AYP in the same area for two consecutive years is identified as In Improvement.[9]

AYP results for the State of Alabama and Hoover City Schools are noted below.[10] Results for individual schools within each district can be accessed through the Accountability Reporting Query System on the Alabama State Department of Education website.[11]

State of Alabama Reading Scores 2009-2010[10] - Percent of Students in Each Achievement Level

Grade Level I Level II Level III Level IV
3rd 0.67% 12.75% 32.55% 54.04%
4th 0.29% 13.02% 30.83% 55.86%
5th 0.72% 13.63% 31.68% 53.96%
6th 0.41% 13.45% 27.00% 59.13%
7th 0.37% 16.61% 37.07% 45.95%
8th 1.14% 25.35% 36.72% 36.79%

State of Alabama Math Scores 2009-2010[10] - Percent of Students in Each Achievement Level

Grade Level I Level II Level III Level IV
3rd 4.34% 15.53% 29.05% 51.08%
4th 2.05% 16.69% 28.17% 53.09%
5th 0.56% 16.83% 33.20% 49.41%
6th 0.07% 22.99% 40.91% 36.03%
7th 0.03% 31.21% 39.35% 29.41%
8th 0.01% 21.37% 53.03% 25.59%

Level I - Does Not Meet Academic Content Standards.

Level II - Partially Meets Academic Content Standards.

Level III - Meets Academic Content Standards.

Level IV - Exceeds Academic Content Standards.


State of Alabama AYP Results 2009-2010[10]

District Made AYP?
State of Alabama N
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Hoover City Y
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Unions

The Alabama Education Association (AEA) is the teachers union for the State of Alabama.[12] The AEA is affiliated with the National Education Association (NEA).[13]

Public Records

The district is considering raising the copying fee for public records to $1 per page for the first five pages and 50 cents a page after that, plus labor costs. Only reasonable copying fees are permitted under Alabama law. [14]

External links

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Finance
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 &SubDepartmentID= Meetings
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Board
  4. ↑ Payroll/Benefits
  5. ↑ Human Resources
  6. ↑ ‘Alabama State Department of Education’, State Board of Education, September 1, 2010
  7. ↑ 'Al.com', Hoover school board passes budget that calls for spending $155 million in fiscal year, September 29, 2010
  8. ↑ ‘Alabama State Department of Education’, Assessment and Accountability, September 1, 2010
  9. ↑ ‘Alabama State Department of Education’, Accountability Overview, September 2, 2010
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Alabama Department of Education, "Accountability Reporting," retrieved September 7, 2010
  11. ↑ ‘Alabama State Department of Education’, Accountability Reporting Query System, September 7, 2010
  12. ↑ 'Alabama Education Association', September 2, 2010
  13. ↑ 'National Education Association', September 2, 2010
  14. ↑ Copies shouldn't cost $1, Press-Register, November 25, 2008
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