June 28, 2024

At Tuesday night’s school board meeting, the Albertville Board of Education successfully filled several critical leadership roles.

New appointments include principals for both the high school and elementary school, as well as a new head baseball coach for the high school. 

Steven Hudgins was named the principal of Albertville High School. Mr. Hudgins recently concluded his first year as principal of Albertville Intermediate School. Prior to AIS, he served as the assistant principal at Albertville Kindergarten and Pre-K. 

In addition to his roles within ACS, Mr. Hudgins has experience as a teacher and coach at Boaz Middle and High Schools, John Carroll Catholic High School in Birmingham, Moody High School, and Russell County High School. He also taught at AHS from 2013 to 2016.

Mr. Hudgins’s wife, Sarah, is a teacher in the AggieVision advertising design pathway at the Albertville Innovation Academy. 

With Mr. Hudgins transitioning to the role of principal at Albertville High School, a vacancy has been created at Albertville Intermediate School. System leaders are actively working to fill this position, and an announcement regarding the new principal is expected in July. 

Katie Holland has been appointed the principal of Albertville Elementary School. Mrs. Holland recently completed her seventh year as principal of Eura Brown Elementary School in Gadsden, a two-time National Blue Ribbon Pre-K through fifth grade school.

Before moving into administration, she worked as a classroom teacher, academic coach and danceline instructor. Under her leadership, Eura Brown placed in the Top 25 Schools in Alabama for three consecutive years, including being one of four schools in the state to score a 100 on the ALSDE Report Card in 2022. 

Mrs. Holland’s husband, Corbin, will be teaching science at the Albertville Innovation Academy.

Coach Jeff Wood is the new head baseball coach at Albertville High School. Coach Wood brings a wealth of experience, having most recently served as an assistant coach at Austin High School. A graduate of Mississippi State, he boasts 197 wins as a head baseball coach.

His teams have made the 6A playoffs in 2021, 2022, and 2023, including reaching the 6A Elite 8. A three-time Coach of the Year, Coach Wood has also coached three professional athletes.

Plans for a meet and greet with Coach Wood are currently in the works and will be announced sometime in July. This event will provide an opportunity for students, parents, and community members to welcome Coach Wood and learn more about his vision for the high school baseball program. 

Dr. Reeves also presented the updated policy manual at Tuesday’s meeting that will replace the entire previous manual for its first reading. The new manual will be approved at the July 23 board meeting.

The following personnel items were approved:

A. Retirements/Resignations

• Michelle Mitchell, resigning as attendance and enrollment coordinator at CO, effective June 28, 2024. 
• Kaylaura Miller, resigning as elementary teacher at AIS, effective May 24, 2024.
• Anne Duckett, resigning as elementary teacher at APS, effective May 24, 2024.
• Molly Doyle, resigning as elementary teacher at APS, effective May 24, 2024.
• Joseph Law, resigning as special education teacher at AMS, effective May 24, 2024.
• Hannah Lowden, resigning as kindergarten teacher at AKPK, effective May 24, 2024.
• Andrew Jones, retiring as Chief Federal Programs Officer at CO, effective Aug. 30, 2024.

B. Supplement Resignation

• Marcey Duckett, resigning as webmaster at AMS, effective June 30, 2024.
• Kaylaura Miller, resigning from yearbook at AIS, effective May 24, 2024.
• Molly Doyle, resigning as seventh grade head volleyball coach, effective May 24, 2024.
• Joseph Law, resigning as football assistant coach and wrestling head coach, effective May 24, 2024.

C. Transfers

• Andrew Tidmore, transferring from 10-month assistant principal at AMS to 12-month assistant principal at AMS, replacing Tori Painter, effective July 1, 2024.
• Elisabeth Smith, transferring from temporary EL teacher at AIS to 10-month assistant principal at AMS, replacing Tyler Tidmore, effective July 22, 2024.
• William Scott, transferring from social studies teacher at AHS to ISS teacher at AHS, replacing DJ Metz, effective Aug. 1, 2024.
• Matthew Lambert, transferring from 10-month assistant principal at AHS to 12-month assistant principal at AHS, effective July 1, 2024.
• Kimberly Moore, transferring from bookkeeper at AHS to bookkeeper at AIA, effective July 1, 2024.

D. Supplement Transfers

• Bryant Nelson, transferring from assistant wrestling coach at AHS to head wrestling coach at AHS, replacing Joseph Law, effective Aug. 1, 2024.

E. Principal Contracts

• Steven Hudgins, transferring as principal at AIS to principal at AHS, replacing Jordan Phillips, effective July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2027.
• Katelyn Holland, probationary principal at AES, replacing Candi McCullars, effective July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025.

F. Employments

• Holley Sparks, media specialist at APS, replacing Rachel Reese, effective Aug. 1, 2024.
• Stacey Yates, elementary teacher at APS, replacing Gina Reeves, effective Aug. 1, 2024.
• Jeffrey Wood, secondary teacher at AHS, replacing Donnie Harris, effective Aug. 1, 2024.
• Megan Humphrey, elementary teacher at AIS, replacing Kaylaura Miller, effective Aug. 1, 2024.
• Grant Fox, summer IT worker system-wide, to be paid $15 per hour, effective June 26, 2024 - Aug. 6, 2024.
• Brittney Gaither, elementary teacher at APS, replacing Molly Doyle, effective Aug. 1, 2024.
• Aaron Triplett, social science teacher at AIA, replacing Andrew Kinney, effective Aug. 1, 2024. 

G. TEAMS Contracts

• Jemma Hood, advanced TEAMS math teacher at AMS, effective July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2027.
• Taylor Bronowicz, preliminary TEAMS math teacher at AIS, effective July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025.
• Amanda Colvin, preliminary TEAMS science teacher at AMS, effective July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025.
• Corbin Holland, preliminary TEAMS science teacher at AIA, replacing Jeremy Cunningham, effective July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025.
• Mallory Landen, advanced TEAMS sixth grade science teacher at AIS, effective July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025.
• Sarah Howell, advanced TEAMS sixth grade science teacher at AIS, effective July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025.

H. Supplement Assignments

• Tori Painter, federal programs liaison at AIA, effective July 1, 2024.
• Marcey Duckett, webmaster at AIA, effective July 1, 2024.
• Kimberly Moore, inventory designee at AIA, effective July 1, 2024.

I. Independent Contracts

• John Mastin, to provide services as seventh grade girls basketball coach, to be paid and not to exceed $3,000 from BOE, effective June 25, 2024 - Jan. 31, 2025.

Other items approved at the meeting included:

• May’s financial report. The beginning fund balance was $54,472,269.49. The ending fund balance is $60,569,323.22. The general fund balance is $25,533,938.07. April revenue totaled $6,485,718.40. Expenditures totaled $7,050,890.40.
• School handbooks for Albertville Primary School, Albertville Elementary School, Albertville Intermediate School, Albertville Middle School and Albertville High School. The handbooks for Albertville Kindergarten and Pre-K and the Albertville Innovation Academy will be approved in July.
• Minutes from previous meetings, fundraising revenues and requests and inventory deletions
• The FY 25 salary schedule.
• Contracts between ACS and Head Football Coach Bert Browne and Head Baseball Coach Jeff Wood.
• An agreement with Cristy West to teach and coach volleyball at AHS.
• Surplus of a 2003 GMC Sierra maintenance truck to be sold on Gov Deals.
• Out of state field trip for the AHS choral group to travel to Buena Vista, Fla., to participate in a performers workshop on Disney property March 20-24, 2025. 
• 2024-2025 SRO agreement between ACS and the City of Albertville.
• Milk/dairy and bread bids for CNP.

July's monthly board meeting has been moved from Tuesday, July 16, to Tuesday, July 23, at 6 p.m. In addition to the July 23 meeting, the board will also meet on July 9 and 31 at 7:30 a.m. for special called board meetings.