![]() May 3: Ann Roy Moore was named full-time MPS superintendent.More: First day of school, state intervention for King Elementary ![]() Custodians, most of them members of the Alabama Education Association (AEA), protested and the AEA in September filed the first of what would be two lengthy lawsuits aimed at wrestling intervention control from the state. Previously, all custodians reported to their schools' principals. The intervention team also announced that all custodians would be placed under the authority of the logistics office. Many complained the schools that were cleaned by Cintas were cleaned poorly. The Cintas cleaning continued to be a source of frustration as the 25 Cintas schools were not completed before the start of school while the 32 cleaned by MPS custodians were. The first school year of the intervention kicked off. Weeks before the school year, MPS was able to finalize the hirings of dozens of teachers after the state board clarified the freeze was for non-state mandated positions. A hiring freeze issued by the state board in June lacked clarity and prevented MPS from hiring principals and teachers. Meanwhile, rifts between the state and local boards continued to grow. A high number of "major deficiencies" were found, including three brake problems, two fuel leaks and 31 tires deemed not roadworthy. MAY 2017Ī released July 2016 MPS bus inspection report detailed the transportation issues Sentance has referenced in his intervention show cause letter. He eventually gave raises to all MPS principals, although that move was also blasted since MPS had to foot the bill. Sentance argued that the salary floor had to be raised even if the principals should be replaced. Sentance made one of his most-criticized decisions, giving 10 percent raises to the 27 principals of MPS' lowest-performing schools. That work is still being done, according to state department officials, but Wright is now chief academic and accountability officer at Birmingham City Schools, and the department no longer exists. Jermall Wright was hired to lead the Office of School Improvement and Turnaround, a department created to use intervention strategies developed in Montgomery in other districts statewide. He was later promoted to chief administration officer. Reginald Eggleston, the former Mobile County Public Schools assistant superintendent, was announced as the chief education officer (CEO) of the MPS takeover.
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