Education Articles

Finalists for Lee Co. schools superintendent announced

DR. MIKE HOWARD DR. JOHN TUCKER BY ANITA STIEFELANITAS@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA — At a special called meeting on Oct. 23, the Lee County Schools Board of Education announced two finalists to fill the superintendent position which will be vacant when current...

Dalton Dismukes wins the biannual Auburn Speaks competition

CONTRIBUTED BY LUCY ALLENTHE OAKS AGENCY AUBURN— Auburn Speaks, the AU School of Communication and Journalism’s biannual public speaking competition, took place on Tuesday, Oct. 24, at the Jay and Susie Gouge Performing Arts Center.Students in Jennifer Johnson’s COMM...

Opelika Board of Education approves
new assessment contract

BY ANITA STIEFELANITAS@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA— The Opelika City Schools Board of Education met in regular session on Tuesday, Oct. 24. Among the items of business, the board approved a textbook committee, granted permission for two field trip requests and...

OLLI Fall Brown Bag Lecture Series Wrapping Up

BY ANDY LEE WHITEFOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN —Auburn University’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) Fall Brown Bag lecture series will be wrapping up another successful season as it gets ready for its last two presentations of 2023. Lectures happen on Wednesdays...