Byron Lagrone

Byron Luther Lagrone (born October 20, 1986 in Houston, Texas) is the Director of Engineering at Abel Healthcare Enterprises and a teaching assistant with the TEALS Program (Technology Education and Literacy in Schools).

Lagrone grew up as the child of two educators. In 1989 Lagrone moved to Birmingham, Alabama after his father accepted a job as a chemistry professor at Birmingham Southern College. His mother currently teaches at ASFA, and has previously taught at Jeff State, Pleasant Grove High School, Erwin, and John Carroll.

Lagrone graduated from Shades Valley High School in 2005. After high school he attended the University of Phoenix, where he studied Information Technology. In 2010 he began working as a Technical Support Analyst at Integrated Solutions in Birmingham, Alabama. In 2013 he became a Senior iOS Advisor at Apple Inc. He currently works as the Director of Engineering at Abel Healthcare Enterprises, after accepting the position in 2020.

Lagrone is a resident and homeowner in the Glen Iris neighborhood of Birmingham, Alabama, where he has is active with his neighborhood association. He is married to Alice Speake, a library associate at the Irondale Public Library. Together they have one child. Their son is currently enrolled in the Birmingham City School system, including having attended preschool at Avondale Elementary and K-1st Grade at Glen Iris Elementary. Throughout the summer of 2021 their son attended the Epic Elementary summer learning program.

On July 9, 2021 Byron qualified to run for the Birmingham Board of Education District 3 in the 2021 Birmingham municipal election under the name "Byron 'Anti-Charter School' Lagrone". He is running on a platform that includes opposing the privatization of public schools, improving virtual learning options for students during the pandemic, increasing technology-based vocational training programs in the Birmingham City School system, and ensuring students with special education needs have adequate resources in school.