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Alabama’s children deserve protection in proposed school suspension law
Updated Mar 02, 2021;
By Danny Carr | Jefferson County District Attorney
Every year, scores of Alabama schoolchildren read about Atticus Finch’s fight for justice and due process in Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird.” My dogeared copy still sits on my mother’s bookshelf. As an educator, my mother knows the power of literature to inspire children to build a better world.
Education shapes our understanding of fairness and justice. Educators help raise the next generation of thoughtful citizens. Yet the due process that we teach children to expect in our justice system is not a statutory right for Alabama students.
Junior League’s 100 Acts of Service honors Lee Ann Petty
Updated Feb 26, 2021;
Posted Feb 26, 2021
Junior League volunteer Macy Vintson, left, stacks canned goods at one of the Junior League s community projects.
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The Junior League of Birmingham has been promoting a 100 Acts of Service campaign throughout February to honor the passing of one of its leaders.
Junior League Community Vice President Lee Ann Petty, 41, died on Dec. 30. She was also vice president and volunteer services coordinator at Regions Bank.
“Lee Ann was the epitome of servant leadership and demonstrated her love for Birmingham through acts of community service whether planting flowers in front of the Ronald McDonald House, serving a meal at Firehouse Shelter, or through her service on numerous nonprofit boards in town,” said Toni Leeth, president of Junior League of Birmingham. “She inspired us to serve, and I know her story shared through 100 Acts of Service will do the same for othe
Johnson: Birmingham’s year-round school proposal is right on time, what about the rest of y’all?
Updated Feb 09, 2021;
Posted Feb 09, 2021
A STAIR of Birmingham tutor sits with a student. The literacy program started in Birmingham in 2000. (Shauna Stuart for AL.com)
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This is an opinion column.
Brilliant. That’s what we want all our children to be; I think we can agree on that. As brilliant as they can be. As equipped as they need to be to accomplish what their skills, passion, and focus allow them to pursue.
This was my thought, too: Finally.
Finally, a district with the fortitude to do what long should have been done not just by BCS, but by districts throughout a state that’s lagged at or near the bottom of the nation so long we’ve essentially failed a generation, and many of their parents before them.