Glen Iris Elementary School
| Glen Iris Elementary School | |
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Birmingham City Schools |
| Years | 1923–2008 |
|---|---|
| Location | 1115 11th Street South, (map) Glen Iris |
| Grades | K-5 |
| Principal | Michael Wilson |
| Enrollment | 800 (2012) |
| Colors | green & gold |
| Mascot | Gators |
| Website | bcs.schoolwires.net |
Glen Iris Elementary School is an elementary school in the Birmingham City Schools system located at 1115 11th Street South in Southside's Glen Iris neighborhood. It was built in 1923 as a K-12 school, and continued as K-8 after the construction of Ramsay High School in 1939. In 1989 the system added middle schools, keeping Glen Iris as a K-5 elementary school.
Student and faculty volunteers from UAB often participate in Glen Iris classrooms. The school was the first to receive XO laptops for each student provided by the City of Birmingham in 2008. On October 8 of that year, UAB student Kayla Fanaei was shot to death during an attempted late-night robbery in the school's parking lot.
In May 2012 principal Wilson spent 26 hours on the roof of the school building as part of a fund-raiser for construction of a school garden and outdoor classroom.
Principals
References
- Temple, Chanda (May 5, 2012) "Birmingham's Glen Iris Elementary School principal comes down off roof after raising $22,000." Birmingham News