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2010 Hoover City Schools Parent Survey - posted 03/02/10

Hoover City Schools is conducting its Second Annual Parent Survey through midnight, March 6th.  You were sent a password to use to access the survey.  However, if you did not receive your password, you can go to Hoover City Schools' official web site to access the survey.  You will need your child/children's student identification number and homeroom teacher's name to participate.  Identifiable information will not be shared with Hoover City Schools, but is being used by the research company, New South Research, to ensure a valid sampling of families occurs.

Please take the time to complete the survey.  This is an excellent opportunity for our school community to exercise its voice and give structured input to our school leaders.

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Memo Recommending Report to Ethics Commission - posted 02/08/10

Click to read the memo from Chief Financial School Officer Cathy Antee to Superintendent Andy Craig presented at the February 8th Board of Education meeting outlining possible misuse of public funds by Spain Park principal Billy Broadway.

Mr. Broadway's resignation was accepted at the January Board of Education meeting.

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24-Mill Tax Extension Survey Results - updated 2/18/10

Click to view the results of our most recent survey regarding the 24-mill tax extension.  Thank you to those of you who took the time to complete this survey.  This is our first survey that took on average LESS THAN A MINUTE to complete!

The results will be given to Superintendent Andy Craig and our Board of Education. 

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HSCIN Meeting - Sunday, March 7, 3:00 p.m. - posted 02/23/10

The HSCIN will hold its quarterly meeting on Sunday, March 7th at 3:00 p.m. at Panera Bread at Patton Creek.  All are welcome to attend. 

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Check Registers ONLINE!

Hoover City Schools now publishes their check registers online, in accordance with state law.

January 2010 Check Register
December 2009 Check Register
November 2009 Check Register
October 2009 Check Register

There is no better way to stay in touch with how our public school officials are spending our tax dollars.  Please take a moment to look through the report.

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Charter Schools Presentation - posted 12/26/09

Click to view the presentation made at the State Board of Education's December 10th meeting.

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Class Size Reports for Hoover City Schools - posted 12/16/09

Click to view a PDF of average class reports for 2009-2010 by teacher at each of Hoover's schools.
Bluff  Park Elementary
Deer Valley Elementary
Green Valley Elementary
Greystone Elementary
Gwin Elementary
Riverchase Elementary
Rocky Ridge Elementary
Shades Mountain Elementary
South Shades Crest Elementary
Trace Crossings Elementary

Berry Middle
Bumpus Middle
Simmons Middle

Hoover High Freshman Campus
Hoover High Senior Campus
Spain Park High

Click to view the Excel spreadsheet of detailed period-by-period class sizes for each teacher at each school for 2009-2010.
Bluff  Park Elementary
Deer Valley Elementary
Green Valley Elementary
Greystone Elementary
Gwin Elementary
Riverchase Elementary
Rocky Ridge Elementary
Shades Mountain Elementary
South Shades Crest Elementary
Trace Crossings Elementary

Berry Middle
Bumpus Middle
Simmons Middle

Hoover High Freshman Campus
Hoover High Senior Campus
Spain Park High

If you would like to view these reports yourself from the Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE) website, click here.  You should choose system 158 - Hoover City Schools, to begin, then whatever you're looking for.  Then choose a school.  If you would like to see the detail as presented in the Excel spreadsheets above, choose "True" for "expand all teachers?".  Choose the school year, then "View" to see the report.  You can export the file once you see it.  Click the pull-down menu to choose what type of export you want to do, then click "Export". 

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Hoover City School District Task Force

Hoover Schools Task Force Looking at Finances, Operations - December 9, The Birmingham News

The following members of our school community were chosen to participate on the task force.  The HSCIN thanks these members for giving their time to serve their school community.

Chairpersons
Tom Shufflebarger, parent; wife Ellen is Hoover High PTSO's current president
Deb White, parent

Committee Members
Suzy Baker,  former school board member
Jonathan Belcher, Signature Homes President
William Billingsley, former longtime Councilman
Eric Breithaupt
Charlotte Brown, former principal of South Shades Crest Elementary
Chris Brown
DeeDee Barnes Bruns
Jessica Bryant 
Debbie Catanzano
Rose Chambless; husband Ben is Hoover High Band Boosters' current president
Dave Conner, Executive Vice President of Hoover Schools Foundation board
Reid Crotty, Senior Pastor, Bluff Park United Methodist Church  
Bill Dawson
Tom Defnall, former school board member 
Leonor Del Castillo
Tony Giles
John Greene, Hoover Councilman
Cindy Harper, Hoover Parent Teacher Council (HPTC) President
Ron Harris, current member Hoover Planning and Zoning Committee
Bobby Humphrey, former National Football League player
Gerald and Phyllis Johnson
Melinda King, former HPTC President
Diana Knight
Greg Mims
Bryan Pate
Will Pearson, Mental Floss founder, son of Board member Paulette Pearson
Greg Powell, current member, Board of Trustees, Hoover Chamber of Commerce
Jeff Rosenthal
Terry Shea
Lori St. Clair, teacher, Hoover City Schools
Gerald Stephens
Jill Sturgeon, Spain Park High teacher
Craig Tolbert
Dilhani Uswatte, Berry Middle teacher and 2009 Milken Educator Award recipient
Stan White, former National Football League player
Mechelle Wilder, current member of Hoover Schools Foundation board
 

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