Huntsville City Schools Explained


Huntsville City Schools
Grades:PK-12
Country:United States
Address:200 White Street
City:Huntsville, Alabama
Zipcode:35801
Coordinates:34.734°N -86.578°W
Superintendent:Christie Finley [1]
Asst Superintendent:Vacant [2]
Schools:37
Students:24,083
Teachers:1,697
Staff:766
Ratio:13.45
Website:huntsvillecityschools.org

Huntsville City Schools is the school district serving Huntsville, Alabama.[3] As of the 2016–17 school year, the system had 24,083 students and employed 1,697 teachers.[4] The district oversees 36 schools: 21 PreK-elementary schools, 6 middle schools, 7 high schools, and 2 magnet schools.[5]

The school system finished the 2010 fiscal year with a debt of nearly $20 million the largest of any school system in Alabama by a significant margin. However, after Casey Wardynski was appointed superintendent, he worked to erase the school system's debt and bring the budget into surplus.[6]

It is partially within Madison County,[7] and partially in Limestone County.[8]

History

In 2014 officials from the school district began monitoring social media activity from students. The officials stated that a phone call from the National Security Agency (NSA) prompted them to do so.[9] In the 2013 fiscal year it paid Chris McRae, a former agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), to run this program.[10]

Elementary schools

Middle schools

High schools

Others

Failing schools

Statewide testing ranks the schools in Alabama. Those in the bottom six percent are listed as "failing." As of early 2018, three local schools were included in this category:

Former Schools

Board of education

Revitalization

Currently, a major overhaul of the cities school facilities and curriculum is occurring. In 2012, a new digital curriculum was issued, giving all students laptops and increasing digital usage for teaching. This was done to take advantage of the growing use of computers and to help give students easy access to information and organization. In 2011, a $194 million five year capital plan was granted by the Alabama Board of Education to the Huntsville City School System. With this, the city plans to renovate and construct new facilities for many of its aging campuses. These include a new Blossomwood Elementary School, New Freshman Academy for Huntsville High School, construction of a new building and campus for the combination of Lee High School and New Century Technological School, construction of a new Whitesburg Elementary, Virgil I. Grissom High School (the cities largest student body), and J. O. Johnson High School. Renovations and consolidations for many other of the cities schools is also planned.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Huntsville Board of Education Selects New Superintendent. 30 January 2017.
  2. Web site: Deputy Superintendent. 6 January 2017.
  3. Web site: History.
  4. Web site: HCS 050 Fast Facts Sheet 11/1/16. Huntsville City Schools. 18 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170922002045/http://www.huntsvillecityschools.org/sites/default/files/HCS%20050%20Fast%20Facts%20Sheet%201101F.pdf. 22 September 2017.
  5. Web site: About Us. Huntsville City Schools. 18 December 2017. en.
  6. Web site: Superintendent Casey Wardynski surprises Huntsville with resignation announcement. 2016-09-14. WHNT.com. en-US. 2020-03-18.
  7. Web site: 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Madison County, AL. U.S. Census Bureau. 2022-08-01. - Text list
  8. Web site: 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Limestone County, AL. U.S. Census Bureau. 2022-08-01. - Text list
  9. Stephens, Challen. "Huntsville schools say call from NSA led to monitoring students online." Alabama Media Group. September 24, 2014. Retrieved on September 25, 2014.
  10. "Huntsville schools paid $157,000 to former FBI agent, social media monitoring led to 14 expulsions" . AL.com. November 1, 2014. Retrieved on November 3, 2014.
  11. News: Failing Alabama public schools: 75 on newest list, most are high schools. 26 January 2018. AL.COM. 25 January 2018.
  12. Web site: Former J.O. Johnson High School. City of Huntsville. en-US. 2020-03-18.
  13. Web site: Butler High doors closing after 64 years in Huntsville. 2015-05-20. al. en. 2020-03-18.
  14. Web site: Our Story. Campus No. 805. en. 2020-03-18.
  15. Web site: Vacant Terry Heights Elementary building west of downtown Huntsville will soon be history. Doyle. Steve. 2014-05-23. al. en. 2020-03-18.
  16. Web site: Seldon Center. Huntsville City Schools. en. 2020-03-18.

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