The Huntsville School District has “no plans in the immediate future to propose an increase,” in teacher pay, Superintendent Jonathan Warren said. Candra Brasel, superintendent of the Jasper School District, which includes the Kingston campus, said she is hoping the state will step in to increase teacher pay during the upcoming legislative session.

Work continues on an activity center at the Elkins High School campus, according to Elkins School District Superintendent Jeremy Mangrum.

Watson Primary and Huntsville Intermediate schools celebrated Grandparents and Grand Friends on Sept. 9, including third-grade student Presleigh Thomas and her grandparents Glenn and Denise Thomas.

Personnel is the Huntsville School District’s biggest cost but also the biggest responsibility, the Huntsville School Board was told during a school finance training session on Sept. 6 with Dan Lovelady, vice president of capital markets at First Security Beardsley, the district’s financial advisor. 

Independent candidate for Madison County Judge Jeremy Updegraff asked for the immediate removal of Huntsville School Board member Duane Glenn at Monday’s board meeting.

A federal district court judge dismissed a Title IX lawsuit brought by Becky Nelle against the Huntsville School District after approving a settlement proposed by the two parties. 

The Huntsville School Board approved taking the next steps in the process to work with the state on a unique energy savings program, got their first look at standardized test scores from Spring 2022, and heard community members demand board member Duane Glenn’s resignation (see story elsewhere on The Record's website) during the board’s September meeting on Monday.