Alabama public schools suffer most significant loss of students in decades

Alabama public schools suffer most significant loss of students in decades ...Statewide enrollment fell by about 5,800 students this year according to their yearly audit of enrollment, which runs from October to October each year. Alabama State Superintendent, Eric Mackey, said more than 3,000 students left the public school system for private or home schooling through the state's new CHOOSE Act . However, roughly 2,100 students are currently unaccounted for... Reference: www.waaytv.com
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U.S. Navy takes Huntsville native around world

U.S. Navy takes Huntsville native around world

Derrick Graham was born and raised in Huntsville, Alabama, but before he became an engineering technician with the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, he traveled the world for 20 years as a Hospital Corpsman in the U.S. Navy. He said, “I graduated from high school in 1990 and I gave myself a goal. I said, ‘Okay, you’ve got two years to get a career and get started.’ Two years passed and I didn’t have anything, and I was bussing tables at a fast-food place when a couple of Navy guys came in. One of the dudes left me his card and he said, ‘Anytime you’re ready for a real job, come check us out.’”

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