Academic achievement is improving across the board in Tuscaloosa City Schools, according to record-high scores on state report cards recently released by the Alabama Department of Education.
The potentially dangerous and highly contagious whooping cough has been reported in Tuscaloosa-area schools this month amid a rapid increase of cases statewide.
Tuscaloosa City Schools is, for the first time, requesting proposals as they aim to create "a diverse portfolio of high-quality public charter schools."
Polls are open across the city of Tuscaloosa as citizens weigh whether to increase their property taxes by 22 percent to fund the municipal school system for decades to come.
Academic proficiency is climbing steadily at every elementary school in the city of Tuscaloosa, relatively stagnant in middle schools and very low in its three high schools.