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==History==
==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 [[Powell School|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.
The first '''Board of School Trustees''' was appointed by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen in [[1873]] in preparation for the opening of the [[Powell School|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 [[Birmingham City Council|City Council districts]].
In [[2002]] the board became an elected body, with one member representing each of the city's nine [[Birmingham City Council|City Council districts]].
In January [[2011]] a dispute between members regarding a contract with Teach for America became physical, with [[Tyrone Belcher]] reportedly threatening [[W. J. Maye]] and shoving [[Brian Giattina]] who had attempted to restrain him.


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."
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."


===Presidents of the Board===
==Members==
* [[A. O. Lane]], [[1884]]–[[1888]]
* [[Mel Drennen]], 1902-1906, president 1905-1906
* [[James Webb]], [[1889]]–[[1890]]
* [[B. A. Thompson]], president 1907-1908
* A. O. Lane, [[1891]]–[[1892]]
* [[John L. Parker]], president 1909-1914
* [[Samuel Ullman]], [[1893]]–[[1900]]
* [[Ben Jacobs|Ben M. Jacobs]], -1915, president 1915
* A. O. Lane, [[1901]]–[[1904]]
* [[E. P. Hogan]], -1912
* [[William Drennen]], [[1905]]–[[1906]]
* [[Sam Will John]], -1913
* [[B. A. Thompson]], [[1907]]–[[1908]]
* [[John Tomlinson]], -1915
* [[John L. Parker]], [[1909]]–[[1914]]
* [[George Ward]], president 1916-1917
* [[Ben Jacobs]], [[1915]]
* [[Nathaniel Barrett]], president 1918-1920
* [[George Ward]], [[1916]]–[[1917]]
* [[Erskine Ramsay]], 1922–1941, president 1922-1941
* [[Nathaniel Barrett]], [[1918]]–[[1920]]
* [[Frank McArthur]], 1923–1949, president 1941–1949
* [[William Rushton Sr]], [[1921]]–[[1922]]
* [[R. R. Moore]], 1923–1924
* [[Erskine Ramsay]], [[1922]]–[[1941]]
* [[R. E. Chadwick]], 1923–1930
* [[F. D. McArthur]], [[1941]]–
* Mrs [[A. W. Bell]], 1923–1930
* [[Adelia Troxell]], -[[1963]]
* [[Lewis Bowen]], 1927–1928
* [[Robert Arthur]], [[1963]]; [[1968]]–[[1969]]
* [[J. C. DeHoll]], 1929–1930
* [[Bettye Fine Collins]], [[1978]]-[[1981]]
* Mrs [[Frank James]], 1956-1957
* [[April Williams]], –[[2009]]
* [[R. F. Whitaker]], 1956-1961
* [[Willie Maye Jr]], [[2009]]–[[2010]]
* [[J. A. Holcomb]], 1958-1960
* [[Phyllis Wyne]], [[2010]]–[[2011]]
* Mrs. [[J. A. Sargeant]], 1958-1959
* [[Edward Maddox]], [[2011]]–[[2012]]
* [[Art Hanes]], 1958-1961
* [[April Williams]], [[2012]]-[[2013]]
* [[Robert Arthur]], 1960-1971; president 1963, 1968-1969
* [[Randall Woodfin]], 2013-2015
* [[Harold Martin]], 1961-January 28, 1963
* [[Wardine Alexander]], 2015-
* [[Liston Corcoran]], 1961-1966
* [[Herbert Stockham]], March 1962-June 1964
* Mrs [[Sam Phelps]], 1964-1972
* [[Charles Price]], 1965-1971
* [[Donald Newsome]], 1967-1974, president -1974
* [[Alton Parker Jr]], 1976-1981
* [[Belle Stoddard]], 1977-1987
* [[Louis Dale]], 1979-1989
* [[T. L. Alexander]], 1981-1991
* [[Martha Gaskins]], 1982-1990
* [[Mary Moore]], 1998-2005
* [[Virginia Volker]], 1998-2005


==1882–1884==
===1882===
* [[A. O. Lane]], chair
* [[Alonzo Elliott]], 1882-1888
* [[J. L. Watkins]]
* [[A. O. Lane]], 1882-1904; president 1882-1884
* [[Alonzo Elliott]]
* [[William Rushton]], 1882-1922, president 1921-1922
* [[David Smith]]
* [[David Smith]], 1882-1888
* [[William Rushton, Sr]]
* [[Samuel Ullman]], 1882-1904; president 1893-1900
* [[Samuel Ullman]]
* [[J. L. Watkins]], 1882-
* [[C. P. Williamson]]
* [[C. P. Williamson]], 1882-1884
 
===1884===
* [[H. U. McKinney]], 1884-
* [[George Thomas]], 1884-
* [[James Ware]], 1884-


<gallery>
===1890===
Image:A O Lane 1887.jpg|[[A. O. Lane]]
* [[James Webb]], president 1889-
Image:William Rushton Sr.jpg|[[William Rushton, Sr]]
* [[A. O. Lane]], 1882-1904; president 1891-1892, 1901-1904
Image:Samuel Ullman.jpg|[[Samuel Ullman]]
* [[William Rushton]], 1882-1922, president 1921-1922
</gallery>
* [[Samuel Ullman]], 1882-1904; president 1893-1900
* [[W. J. Cameron]], 1890-1896


==1884–1888==
===1902===
* [[William Rushton]], [[George Thomas]], [[David Smith]], [[Samuel Ullman]], [[Alonzo Elliott]], [[James Ware]], [[H. U. McKinney]]
* [[A. O. Lane]], president
* [[Mel Drennen]], vice president
* [[M. J. Gregg]], secretary
* [[H. B. Gray]], treasurer
* [[John Parker]]
* [[Burghard Steiner]]
* [[Samuel Ullman]]  


==1910==
===1904===
* [[Ben Jacobs]] (term expires 1911)
* [[A. O. Lane]], president
* [[E. P. Hogan]] (term expires 1912)
* [[Mel Drennen]], vice president
* [[Sam Will John]] (term expires 1913)
* [[M. J. Gregg]], secretary
* [[John L. Parker]], president (term expires 1914)
* [[Henry Gray]], treasurer
* [[John Tomlinson]]
* [[Samuel Ullman]]
* [[Burghard Steiner]]


==1941==
===1923–1924===
* [[F. D. McArthur]] (president), [[Donald Comer]] (vice president), [[Mrs J. A. Drupy]], [[Lawrence Stevens]], [[C. B. Glenn]] (superintendent)
* [[Erskine Ramsay]], president
* [[R. E. Chadwick]], vice president
* [[R. G. Miles]], secretary (non-voting)
* [[Mary Echols]], [[Birmingham City Commission|Commissioner of Health & Education]]
* [[R. R. Moore]]
* [[F. D. McArthur]]
* Mrs [[A. W. Bell]]


==1909==
===1927–1928===
* [[John Parker]] (president), [[Sam Will John]] (vice president), [[John Tomlinson]], [[E. P. Hogan]], [[Ben M. Jacobs]]
* [[Erskine Ramsay]], president
* [[R. E. Chadwick]], vice president
* [[R. G. Miles]], secretary (non-voting)
* Mrs [[A. W. Bell]]
* [[Lewis Bowen]]
* [[F. D. McArthur]]


==1960==
===1929–1930===
* [[Art Hanes]]
* [[Erskine Ramsay]], president
* [[T. H. Benners Jr]]
* [[R. E. Chadwick]], vice president
* [[R. G. Miles]], secretary (non-voting)
* Mrs [[A. W. Bell]]
* [[J. C. DeHoll]]
* [[F. D. McArthur]]


==1963==
===1941===
* [[T. H. Benners Jr]] (resigned June 1963)
* [[Frank McArthur]], president
* [[Liston Corcoran]]
* Mrs [[J. A. Dupuy]], 1939-1956, vice president 1948–1949
* [[Harold Martin]] (resigned January 28, 1963)
* [[William Christian]], 1941-1957
* [[Herbert Stockham]] (appointed March 1963)
* [[Donald Comer]], vice president 1941
* [[Adelia Troxell]], president
* [[Charles Glenn]], 1941
* [[Lawrence Stevens]], 1941


==1974-76==
===1953===
* [[Bettye Fine Collins]]
* [[Kingman Shelburne]], 1951-1956
* [[T. R. Broom]], 1952-1959
* [[L. M. Smith]], 1953-1957


==1976-78==
===1959===
* [[Bettye Fine Collins]], president
* [[Art Hanes]], president
* [[R. F. Whitaker]], vice-president
* [[Thomas Benners Jr]]
* [[J. A. Holcombe]]
* [[Adelia Troxell]]<!--Mrs J. P. Troxell Jr-->


==1978-80==
===1975===
* [[Bettye Fine Collins]], president
* [[Winnie Mae Shaffner]], 1974-1976
* [[Ossie Ware Mitchell]], 1973-1988
* [[Bettye Fine Collins]], 1975-1982; president 1978-1981
* [[Clyde Kirby]], 1969-1979
* [[William Morgan]], 1975-1977
* [[C. W. Neville]], June 1963-1969, 1971-1975, president 1974-1975
* [[D. R. Phares]], 1966-1975, vice-president 1974-1975


==1998-2002==
===2001-2005===
* [[Mary Moore]]
* [[Birmingham City Council District 1|District 1]]:
* [[Virginia Volker]]
* [[Birmingham City Council District 2|District 2]]: [[Virginia Volker]]
* [[Birmingham City Council District 3|District 3]]:
* [[Birmingham City Council District 4|District 4]]:
* [[Birmingham City Council District 5|District 5]]: [[Dannetta K. Thornton Owens]]
* [[Birmingham City Council District 6|District 6]]:
* [[Birmingham City Council District 7|District 7]]: [[Odessa Ashley]]
* [[Birmingham City Council District 8|District 8]]: [[April Williams]]
* [[Birmingham City Council District 9|District 9]]: [[Mary Moore]]


==2005&ndash;2009==
===2005-2009===
* [[Birmingham City Council District 1|District 1]]: [[Martha Wixon]]
* [[Birmingham City Council District 1|District 1]]: [[Martha Wixon]]
* [[Birmingham City Council District 2|District 2]]: [[Virginia Volker]]
* [[Birmingham City Council District 2|District 2]]: [[Virginia Volker]]
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* [[Birmingham City Council District 9|District 9]]: [[Phyllis Wyne]]
* [[Birmingham City Council District 9|District 9]]: [[Phyllis Wyne]]


==2009–2013==
===2009–2013===
* [[Birmingham City Council District 1|District 1]]: [[Tyrone Belcher]]
* [[Birmingham City Council District 1|District 1]]: [[Tyrone Belcher]]
* [[Birmingham City Council District 2|District 2]]: [[Virginia Volker]]
* [[Birmingham City Council District 2|District 2]]: [[Virginia Volker]]
* [[Birmingham City Council District 3|District 3]]: [[Brian Giattina]]
* [[Birmingham City Council District 3|District 3]]: [[Brian Giattina]]
* [[Birmingham City Council District 4|District 4]]: [[Edward Maddox]], president ([[2011]]–[[2012|12]]), resigned October [[2012]]. [[Carol Clarke]] appointed to fill remainder of term
* [[Birmingham City Council District 4|District 4]]: [[Edward Maddox]], president (2011–2012), resigned October 2012. [[Carol Clarke]] appointed to fill remainder of term
* [[Birmingham City Council District 5|District 5]]: [[Emanuel Ford]]
* [[Birmingham City Council District 5|District 5]]: [[Emanuel Ford]]
* [[Birmingham City Council District 6|District 6]]: [[Willie Maye Jr]], president ([[2009]]–[[2010|10]])
* [[Birmingham City Council District 6|District 6]]: [[Willie Maye Jr]], president (2009-2010)
* [[Birmingham City Council District 7|District 7]]: [[Alana Haynes]] (formerly Alana Edwards), resigned February [[2013]]. [[Wardine Alexander]] appointed to fill remainder of term
* [[Birmingham City Council District 7|District 7]]: [[Alana Haynes]] (formerly Alana Edwards), resigned February [[2013]]. [[Wardine Alexander]] appointed to fill remainder of term
* [[Birmingham City Council District 8|District 8]]: [[April Williams]], president ([[2012]]–)
* [[Birmingham City Council District 8|District 8]]: [[April Williams]], president (2012–)
* [[Birmingham City Council District 9|District 9]]: [[Phyllis Wyne]], president ([[2010]]–[[2011|11]])
* [[Birmingham City Council District 9|District 9]]: [[Phyllis Wyne]], president (2010-2011)


<gallery>
===2013-2017===
Image:Tyrone Belcher.jpg|[[Tyrone Belcher]]
Image:Virginia Volker.jpg|[[Virginia Volker]]
Image:Brian Giattina.jpg|[[Brian Giattina]]
Image:Carol Clarke.jpg|[[Carol Clarke]]
Image:Emanuel Ford.jpg|[[Emanuel Ford]]
Image:Willie Maye Jr.jpg|[[Willie Maye Jr]]
Image:Alana Edwards.jpg|[[Alana Edwards]]
Image:April Williams.jpg|[[April Williams]]
Image:Phyllis Wyne.jpg|[[Phyllis Wyne]]
</gallery>
 
==2013-2017==
* [[Birmingham City Council District 1|District 1]]: [[Sherman Collins]], vice-president
* [[Birmingham City Council District 1|District 1]]: [[Sherman Collins]], vice-president
* [[Birmingham City Council District 2|District 2]]: [[Lyord Watson]]
* [[Birmingham City Council District 2|District 2]]: [[Lyord Watson]]
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* [[Birmingham City Council District 9|District 9]]: [[Sandra Brown]]
* [[Birmingham City Council District 9|District 9]]: [[Sandra Brown]]


<gallery>
===2017-2021===
Image:Sherman Collins.jpg|[[Sherman Collins]]
* [[Birmingham City Council District 1|District 1]]: [[Doug Ragland]], 1st term, vice-president
Image:Lyord Watson.jpg|[[Lyord Watson]]
* [[Birmingham City Council District 2|District 2]]: [[Terri Michal]], 1st term
Image:Brian Giattina.jpg|[[Brian Giattina]]
* [[Birmingham City Council District 3|District 3]]: [[Mary Boehm]], 1st term
Image:Daagye Hendricks.jpg|[[Daagye Hendricks]]
* [[Birmingham City Council District 4|District 4]]: [[Daagye Hendricks]], 2nd term
Image:Randall Woodfin.jpg|[[Randall Woodfin]]
* [[Birmingham City Council District 5|District 5]]: [[Mickey Millsap]], 1st term
Image:Cheri Gardner.jpg|[[Cheri Gardner]]
* [[Birmingham City Council District 6|District 6]]: [[Cheri Gardner]], 2nd term, president
Image:Alana Edwards.jpg|[[Wardine Alexander]]
* [[Birmingham City Council District 7|District 7]]: [[Patricia McAdory]], 1st term, resigned [[2020]], [[Walter Wilson]] elected to serve remaining term
Image:April Williams.jpg|[[April Williams]]
* [[Birmingham City Council District 8|District 8]]: [[Sonja Smith]], 1st term
Image:Sandra Brown.jpg|[[Sandra Brown]]
* [[Birmingham City Council District 9|District 9]]: [[Sandra Brown]], 2nd term
</gallery>
 
===2021-2025===
* [[Birmingham City Council District 1|District 1]]: [[Sherman Collins]], 2nd (nonconsecutive) 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]]: [[Jason Meadows]], 1st term


==References==
==References==
* "Board of Education" (May 26, 1902) {{BN}}, p. 1
* Birmingham Public Schools (1931) ''[http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p4017coll8/id/5117 Report of Progress, Birmingham Public Schools: September 1, 1921 to August 31, 1931]'' - accessed via Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections
* Birmingham Public Schools (1931) ''[http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p4017coll8/id/5117 Report of Progress, Birmingham Public Schools: September 1, 1921 to August 31, 1931]'' - accessed via Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections
* Hansen, Jeff (April 16, 2008) "Birmingham Board of Education wrestles with superintendent search, curbing legal costs, and developing a sense of vision." {{BN}}
* Hansen, Jeff (April 16, 2008) "Birmingham Board of Education wrestles with superintendent search, curbing legal costs, and developing a sense of vision." {{BN}}
* Archibald, John (February 2, 2011) "Breaking down The Beating at the Meeting." {{BN}}
* Dean, Chuck & Marie Leech (April 8, 2012) "Can Birmingham city schools escape an old cycle of dysfunction?." {{BN}}
* Dean, Chuck & Marie Leech (April 8, 2012) "Can Birmingham city schools escape an old cycle of dysfunction?." {{BN}}
* Leech, Marie (April 13, 2012) "Alabama education department seizes control of Birmingham school board." {{BN}}
* Leech, Marie (April 13, 2012) "Alabama education department seizes control of Birmingham school board." {{BN}}
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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 January 2011 a dispute between members regarding a contract with Teach for America became physical, with Tyrone Belcher reportedly threatening W. J. Maye and shoving Brian Giattina who had attempted to restrain him.

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

1882

1884

1890

1902

1904

1923–1924

1927–1928

1929–1930

1941

1953

1959

1975

2001-2005

2005-2009

2009–2013

2013-2017

2017-2021

2021-2025

References

External links

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