Your emails and phone calls made a difference! During the State Board of Education meeting today, State Board members discussed a resolution to repeal Alabama’s College and Career Ready Standards. Although they did not take a vote, it was obvious that your outreach shaped the discussion.
During the meeting, a majority of State Board members expressed their support for the state’s current, rigorous College and Career Ready standards by favoring the existing process for reviewing academic standards. This periodic review of Alabama’s standards has been in place for at least two decades.
Our work continues. Alabama’s math standards are up for review in 2018, and English language arts the following year. Alabama GRIT is committed to making sure our state maintains high academic standards.
Please take a minute to thank all of our education leaders for continuing to support high expectations, as every AL student deserves to be prepared for life after high school. You can find contact information for members below.
Thanks,
Jessica
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (President)
Email: Kay.Ivey@governor.alabama.gov
Phone: 334-242-7100
District 1: Jackie Zeigler
Email: jzeigler3071@gmail.com
Phone: 251-605-5139
District 2: Betty Peters
Email: bpetersfaulk@gmail.com
Phone: 334-794-8024
District 3: Stephanie Bell (Vice Pres.)
Email: stephaniewbell@gmail.com
Phone: 334-272-2777
District 4: Yvette M. Richardson, Ed.D.
Email: mcphersony@bellsouth.net
Phone: 205-923-7262
District 5: Ella B. Bell
Email: stateboard5@hotmail.com
Phone: 334-834-2811
District 6: Cynthia Sanders McCarty, Ph.D. (Pres. pro tempore)
Email: csmccarty60@gmail.com
Phone: 256-310-6048
District 7: Jeffrey Newman
Email: newmanjef@hotmail.com
Phone: 205-712-0011
District 8: Mary Scott Hunter
Email: hunter@maryscotthunter.com
Phone: 888-531-1312
State Superintendent Michael Sentance, J.D., LL.M.
Email: msentance@alsde.edu
Phone: 334-242-9704
If you are not sure who your State Board member is, you can find a map of the districts here: http://web.alsde.edu/home/SchoolInfo/CountyMap.aspx