By Lee Hedgepeth
Alabama Political Reporter
As has been anticipated, the Alabama Department of Education this week released a list of “failing” schools as provided for in the Alabama Accountability Act passed in 2013. The law allows students enrolled in such schools to either transfer to another public school or private school, with the use of a small tax credit.
This year, 4 open schools dropped off of the list, 3 schools were closed, and 5 were newly classified as failing.
Dropped:
Geneva County – Samson Middle
Jefferson County – Brighton Middle
Birmingham City – Robinson Elementary
Tuscaloosa City – Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary
Closed:
Birmingham City – Center Street Middle
Birmingham City – Hill Elementary
Tarrant City – Tarrant Middle
Added:
Barbour County – Barbour County Intermediate School
Chambers County – Lafayette High School
Henry County- Abbeville High School
Mobile County- Jeremiah A. Denton Middle School
Bessemer City – Bessemer High School
Below is the full list of failing schools:
Anniston City
Anniston Middle School
Barbour County
Barbour County Intermediate School
Barbour County
Barbour County Junior High School
Bessemer City
Bessemer City High School
Birmingham City
Bush K-8
Green Acres Middle School
Martha Gaskins K-5
WE Putnam Middle School-Magnet
Ossie Ware Mitchell Middle School
Arrington Middle School
Wylam K-8
Hayes K-8 (formerly Whatley K-8 School)
Bullock County
Bullock County High School
Chambers County
Lafayette Eastside Elementary School
Chambers County
Lafayette High School
John P Powell Middle School
Cullman County
Cullman Child Development Center
Dallas County
Brantley Elementary School
Keith Middle-High School
Southside High School
Tipton Durant Middle School
Decatur City
Brookhaven Middle School
Fairfield City
Forest Hills Middle School
Gadsden City
Litchfield Middle School
Greene County
Greene County High School
Carver Middle School
Hale County
Greensboro High School
Henry County
Abbeville High School
Huntsville City
SR Butler High School
Chapman Middle School
Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School
Davis Hills Middle School
Edward White Middle School
JO Johnson High School
Lakewood Elementary School
James Dawson Elementary
Westlawn Middle School
Jefferson County
Center Point High School
Lanett City
Lanett Junior High School
Linden City
George P Austin Junior High School
Linden City
Linden Elementary School
Lowndes County
Hayneville Middle School
Lowndes County
Lowndes County Middle School
Macon County
Notasulga High School
Macon County
Tuskegee Institute Middle School
Marengo County
John Essex High School
Marengo County
Marengo High School
Midfield City
Midfield High School
Mobile County
Jeremiah A Denton Middle School
Booker T Washington Middle School
Mae Eanes Middle School
Mobile County Training Middle School
CL Scarborough Middle School
Augusta Evans School
Montgomery County
Bellingrath Middle School
Brewbaker Middle School
Capitol Heights Middle School
Floyd Elementary School
Goodwyn Middle School
McKee Middle School
Southlawn Middle School
Children’s Center
Perry County
Francis Marion High School
Pickens County
Pickens County High School
Russell County
Russell County Middle School
Selma City
R.B.Hudson Middle School
Shelby County
Linda Nolen Learning Center
Sumter County
Kinterbish Junior High School
Sumter County
North Sumter Junior High School
York West End Junior High School
Talladega City
Zora Ellis Junior High School
Tuscaloosa City
Central High School
Westlawn Middle School
Davis-Emerson Middle School
Washington County
McIntosh High School
Wilcox County
Camden School Of Arts & Technology
The State Department of Education meets today in Montgomery to discuss this and other issues.
