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Alabama’s top 10 education stories of 2020
Updated Dec 31, 2020;
Posted Dec 31, 2020
Students at Magnolia Elementary School in Trussville wear masks as they are greeted by staff and teachers on the first day of school. (Joe Songer | jsonger@al.com).Joe Songer | jsonger@al.com
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The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic changed everything about how we did school this year, impacting everyone from little ones in pre-K to elementary, middle, high school and college students, too.
While coronavirus dominated the education landscape, there were other notable happenings, too. Here’s our list of Alabama’s top 10 education stories of 2020.
COVID shuts down schools
Enterprise City Schools announced at last Tuesdayâs Board of Education Meeting that the school system is set to receive $8.6 million from a Public School and College Authority bond created to address capital project needs in public school systems and colleges across the state of Alabama.
These funds are part of a larger program spearheaded by Gov. Kay Ivey to provide over $298 million to educational institutions for needed structural repairs, safety improvements and upgrades in technology for educational purposes that have gone untouched due to lack of funds.
âI am thrilled that the PSCA is able to provide these funds to worthwhile projects throughout the state,â State Finance Director Kelly Butler said in a November press release when the funds were announced. âI am grateful to the legislature for authorizing the sale and to Governor Ivey for her leadership in supporting this transaction.â
School of Medicine An unforgettable year draws to a close
How to sum up 2020? It’s been one of the most challenging, complex, confounding years in my memory, but it’s also been a clarifying year, one of immense opportunity and hope that has affirmed my faith in medicine and our school on many levels. As an institution, we were tested in ways we’ve never been before, and I’m extremely proud of the creativity, tenacity, and resilience our faculty, staff, students, and trainees demonstrated in overcoming those challenges. With the imminent arrival at UAB of the first coronavirus vaccine doses to Alabama, we may soon turn a page in the pandemic saga of 2020, but I know I’ll never forget this year and the lessons it taught us.