By Melanie LeCroy / melanie@gulfcoastmedia.com
High schools across the area, including Gulf Shores High, were damaged by a group vandals last week.
On Wednesday, July 7, officials discovered that high schools in Foley, Fairhope, Daphne, Bayside Academy and Gulf Shores had been broken into and vandalized. Authorities suspect the vandalism occurred sometime between the morning of Friday, July 2 and Tuesday, July 6.
According to Gulf Shores City Schools Superintendent Dr. Matt Akin, the break-in at Gulf Shores High School occurred at 2 a.m., Tuesday, July 6. The vandals spray painted walls and doors and stole an undetermined number of items. They also ransacked classrooms, the lunchroom and kitchen. Akin estimates the damages alone at over $3,000. The incident is under investigation by the Gulf Shores Police Department.
Vandals strike at least 5 Baldwin County school campuses
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Baldwin High Schools vandalized
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By Guy Busby
FAIRHOPE – The first ninth-grade academies intended to take growth pressure off crowded campuses and provide freshmen with an easier transition to high school are under construction on the Eastern Shore.
The first academy is expected to be completed at Fairhope High School in June, Eddie Tyler, Baldwin County superintendent of education, said.
Another academy building is under construction at Daphne High School. At a groundbreaking for the Daphne facility, Tyler said the facilities are the first of a series of academies planned for schools across Baldwin County.
“This school is growing by leaps and bounds,” Tyler said. “We have another stand-alone building for ninth-grade academy. Sometime after the Fourth of July, we will be doing a ribbon cutting on the Fairhope ninth-grade academy that’s a stand-alone building. Because these two schools are getting bigger and bigger, and Daphne is right there on the heels of Fairhope High School as one of our largest sch