Gwin Elementary School News Today

Two new rescue units have arrived in the past three months, and a third replacement unit is expected to arrive around March, Chief Clay Bentley said.

Hundreds of people showed up at Hoover City Hall Tuesday night to see the giant tree lit along U.S. 31.

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.

Hoover school officials canceled National Book Award finalist Derrick Barnes visits to three elementary schools, citing the lack of a written contract.

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.

Driver, an attorney who lives in the Preserve, will be the first woman on the Hoover City Council since 2012.

Gwin Elementary counselor Wendy Sizemore in the previous school year identified needs of 513 students that Neighborhood Bridges was able to help with donations valued at $2,670.

Volunteers performed a variety of cleanup tasks, including spreading pine straw, pressure washing, trimming hedges and trees, putting out grass seed and picking up trash.

The project was about 80% complete near the end of 2021 and is expected to be finished this spring, said Jehad Al-Dakka, the city’s chief operations officer.