Gap Intermediate School News Today

Chelsea Bayko will be principal at Rocky Ridge Elementary, and Carl Berryhill will be principal at Trace Crossings Elementary.

This year, Bluff Park Elementary School chose its library media specialist, Allison Dolan, as its Teacher of the Year. Gerri Kimble, a business and marketing teacher at Hoover High School, was named the Secondary Teacher of the Year.

Allison Dolan is a librarian at Bluff Park Elementary, and Gerri Kimble is a business and marketing teacher at Hoover High.

But Hoover students still lag behind the neighboring school districts of Mountain Brook, Vestavia Hills, Homewood and Trussville in the percentage of students who are proficient in English, math and science.

As the summer break comes to a close and students head back to Hoover public schools on Aug. 10, they’ll see some new faces in leadership positions and find some changes to their physical surroundings.

The five-year plan includes $25.1 million for a new elementary school, $4.5 million for an addition at Bluff Park Elementary and $14.3 million in previously unidentified projects.

The percentage of K-8 students on grade level has increased 3 percentage points in math and 2 percentage points in English since the beginning of the year.

The team of six Spain Park seniors competed against 47 other teams from across the state.

The team of six Spain Park seniors competed against 47 other teams from across the state.

The Hoover school board and city of Hoover in 2023 plan to embark on at least $40 million worth of capital projects, officials said.