County schools require students to store cell phones in lockers, backpacks BY STEVEN STIEFELFOR THE OBSERVER Catherine Summers, center, was hired as...
School boards approve cell phone restrictions
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Education Briefs | Week of June 8, 2025
LIVINGSTON — The University of West Alabama held spring commencement exercises on May 8 and 9. Local students who graduated include:From Auburn -...
Davis named superintendent of Opelika City Schools
CONTRIBUTED BY OPELIKA CITY SCHOOLS OPELIKA — At a special called meeting on June 2, the Opelika City Schools Board of Education announced the new...
Education Briefs | Week of June 2, 2025
LAGRANGE, Ga. — LaGrange College awarded 2025 graduate Will Gray of Opelika with the Student Faith in Action Award during an Honors Day ceremony on...
Opelika school board interviews candidates for superintendent
Finalists include Muscle Shoals principal, Sylacauga superintendent CONTRIBUTED BY OCS BY ANITA STIEFEL OPELIKA — The Opelika City Schools Board of...
Lee County BOE meeting recap | May 13, 2025
BY DAVID BELL FOR THE OBSERVER The Lee County School District has received special recognition for its outstanding accomplishments in music...
Jefferson’s Opelika names Ashley Hunter inaugural Teacher of the Year
CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBSERVER OPELIKA — Ashley Hunter has been named the first-ever Jefferson’s Opelika Teacher of the Year.Hunter, who teaches second...
Education Briefs | Week of April 20, 2025
TUSCALOOSA — Olivia Seale Esposito of Auburn and Ryan Johnston of Opelika were among 40 University of Alabama student singers who traveled to...
Compliance probe tensions continue at South Smiths
BY STEVEN STIEFELFOR THE OBSERVER LEE COUNTY — The controversy at South Smiths Station Elementary School intensified during the April 15 Lee County...