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* [[Birmingham City Council District 8|District 8]]: [[Sonja Smith]], 1st term
* [[Birmingham City Council District 8|District 8]]: [[Sonja Smith]], 1st term
* [[Birmingham City Council District 9|District 9]]: [[Sandra Brown]], 2nd term
* [[Birmingham City Council District 9|District 9]]: [[Sandra Brown]], 2nd term
===2021-2025===
* [[Birmingham City Council District 1|District 1]]: [[Doug Ragland]], 2nd term; or [[Sherman Collins]], 1st term
* [[Birmingham City Council District 2|District 2]]: [[Neonta Williams]], 1st term
* [[Birmingham City Council District 3|District 3]]: [[Mary Boehm]], 2nd term
* [[Birmingham City Council District 4|District 4]]: [[Derrick Billups]], 1st term
* [[Birmingham City Council District 5|District 5]]: [[James Sullivan]], 1st term
* [[Birmingham City Council District 6|District 6]]: [[Leticia Watkins]], 1st term
* [[Birmingham City Council District 7|District 7]]: [[Walter Wilson]], 1st full term
* [[Birmingham City Council District 8|District 8]]: [[Sonja Smith]], 2nd term
* [[Birmingham City Council District 9|District 9]]: [[Le'Darius Hilliard]], 1st term; or [[Jason Meadows]], 1st term


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Revision as of 08:42, 25 August 2021

The Birmingham Board of Education is an elected body which oversees the operation of Birmingham City Schools. Each board member represents a district that coincides with the Birmingham City Council districts. The board meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month in the auditorium of the Birmingham Board of Education Building at 2015 Park Place North.

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History

The first Board of School Trustees was appointed by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen in 1873 in preparation for the opening of the first school the following spring. The first trustees were J. T. Terry, George Thomas and J. J. Jolly. The board was reorganized as a Board of Education on July 16, 1884, shortly after the appointment of John Herbert Phillips as superintendent of schools.

Board members were originally appointed by the Birmingham Board of Aldermen to staggered five-year terms. Members came to informally represent various areas of the city, so that when a vacancy occurred a new member was typically chosen from the same part of town.

In 2002 the board became an elected body, with one member representing each of the city's nine City Council districts.

In April 2012, shortly after a contentious meeting at which the extension and/or termination of Superintendent Craig Witherspoon was discussed and numerous motions made out of order, the Alabama State Board of Education launched an investigation. The state had previously offered to provide conflict resolution and board governance training to the body, but the offer was never accepted. During the investigation, the board was instructed to vote only on routine matters and "not to initiate or approve any adverse personnel action at the senior executive level."

Members

1902

1904

1923–1924

1927–1928

1929–1930

1959

2001-2005

2005-2009

2009–2013

2013-2017

2017-2021

2021-2025

References

External links

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