Here's a look at what happened at last night's Pell City Board of Education meeting!
The board recognized some incredible accomplishments across our system:
Congratulations to Coosa Valley teachers Devin Fields (94.1 The River Teacher of the Week), Ashley Young (Kiwanis Teacher of the Month), and Lauren Brascho, who recently presented at the American Educational Research Association conference in Los Angeles!
A huge thank you to Coosa Valley SRO Daryl Thistle for his quick action in extinguishing a fire on campus on May 1st.
Our FBLA students showed up and showed out at the state convention β Casen Cambron took 1st in Business Management, Nayia Patel earned 1st in Exploring Business Communications, and Peyton Latta placed 2nd in Business Ethics, along with several other top finishers. Congratulations also to Coleman Carver for serving as District 6 VP this year.
Congratulations to the DJHS and PCHS band students who earned the opportunity to perform at the All-State Band Festival in Mobile: Bryant Phung, Brent Hopper, Ethan Myers, Savannah Lee, Ally Kennedy, Brayden Fuller, and Damian Doss.
The Duran Archery team placed 6th at the State Championship Tournament, with Kambrie Swindle finishing 2nd and Maddie Russell finishing 5th in the Jr. High girls 3D challenge. Their top 10 finish qualified them for Nationals!
The PCHS Math Team finished 7th overall in the state, including 2nd place finishes in Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II, and 3rd in Pre-Calculus. Great work by coaches April Carter and Amy Phillips.
Both our boys and girls tennis teams repeated as section champs for the 4th year in a row. At the state championships, the boys finished 5th β with Sam Christian and Trent Hall earning state runner-up honors at their singles lines β and the girls finished 9th. Congratulations to all players and coaches Jennifer Lee and Kimberly Brownlee.
The board also recognized the Peer Helpers program, sponsored by Dionne Stevens, and named Coosa Valley Elementary as the Spotlight School of the Month, led by Principal Jennifer Hannah.
The board approved several personnel items including new hires, reassignments, resignations/retirements, and contracts. As required by state law, the board also approved a new 2026β2031 Capital Plan β a collaborative effort between central office personnel and our 8 school administrators focused on facility improvements over the next five years to ensure safe, quality learning environments for our students and staff. The board also approved several field trips, new contracts, and the 2026β2027 Student Code of Conduct.
Our next regularly scheduled board meeting will be Tuesday, June 9th. For agendas and minutes, visit:
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