June Newsletter - City of Alabaster
June Newsletter - City of Alabaster
June Newsletter - City of Alabaster
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The <strong>Alabaster</strong> Board <strong>of</strong><br />
Education held its first-ever<br />
meeting this past April at<br />
the <strong>Alabaster</strong> Senior Center.<br />
During the meeting,<br />
Dr. Melanie Shores was<br />
elected president <strong>of</strong> the new<br />
school board, while Ty<br />
Quarles was elected as vice<br />
president.<br />
Following the meeting,<br />
Shores said she was pleased<br />
with the way the first <strong>of</strong>ficial<br />
meeting had gone.<br />
“I think it went well for<br />
our first meeting,” said<br />
Shores. “We had a work<br />
session last week, but it<br />
wasn’t anything like<br />
preparing us for this meeting.<br />
It was just catching us<br />
up to speed and going over<br />
some documents and discussing<br />
some things like<br />
that, but nothing to prepare<br />
us for tonight. But overall I<br />
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think it went well.”<br />
Shores, who is an assistant<br />
pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> education<br />
at UAB, has a Ph.D. in<br />
educational psychology<br />
from Auburn University.<br />
She’s also been active with<br />
the Creek View<br />
Elementary School PTO,<br />
serving recently as secretary.<br />
Quarles also works for<br />
UAB, serving currently as<br />
the executive director for<br />
facilities administration at<br />
the university. He also has<br />
a law degree from the<br />
University <strong>of</strong> Alabama<br />
School <strong>of</strong> Law.<br />
In addition to electing<br />
<strong>of</strong>ficials, the school board<br />
also addressed other<br />
important issues during<br />
the meeting, such as training<br />
for the new board<br />
members and the board’s<br />
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future meeting schedule.<br />
“We hope to decide that<br />
in the next couple <strong>of</strong><br />
weeks,” said Shores.<br />
Before finalizing a regular<br />
meeting date, board<br />
members said they wanted<br />
to be sure to avoid any<br />
potential scheduling conflicts<br />
in order to allow<br />
more people to attend.<br />
They also have to determine<br />
the location for future<br />
meetings.<br />
For residents interested<br />
in attending future school<br />
board meetings, the meeting<br />
schedule and location<br />
should be available via the<br />
<strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Alabaster</strong> website.<br />
“I think the best option<br />
is the <strong>Alabaster</strong> city website,”<br />
said Shores. “I may<br />
try to contact some <strong>of</strong> the<br />
principals from some <strong>of</strong> the<br />
schools and see if we can<br />
work with their PTO or put<br />
it on their marquee and<br />
that way parents can know<br />
if they want to attend.”<br />
Shores said people can<br />
also submit questions or<br />
comments via the <strong>City</strong><br />
website.<br />
“There’s a place on the<br />
website to comment, and<br />
then they’ll forward those<br />
to us,” she said.<br />
In fact, Shores said<br />
they’ve already received a<br />
number <strong>of</strong> emails from residents<br />
addressing various<br />
issues regarding the future<br />
<strong>of</strong> the school district.<br />
“We have several emails<br />
that came in before we<br />
were appointed, so we’re<br />
holding on to those, and<br />
those are issues we want<br />
to make sure we address at<br />
some time,” said Shores.