Board of Education Meetings and Minutes Available on Website
American Rescue Plan Provides Money for Schools for Unfinished Learning
ESSER 2 (signed by former President Trump) and ESSER 3 (signed by President Biden) are funds that your school leadership team is currently prioritizing and budgeting in order to have maximum impact on our students. With these funds, the pillars to educational recovery include 1) high quality instructional materials, 2) high quality professional development, and 3) unfinished learning supports. The focus of unfinished learning will be on mental health, remediation opportunities, and targeted instruction and groups for student learning.
PAUL PARKER DAY April 29th
Did you know Muscle Shoals City School retiree Paul Parker (Colonel Mustard) is an international sensation?
Buck dancers Colonel Mustard (Paul Parker) and Skinny Santa (Paul S.), plus Flat Footer Dancer Cowboy (Dennis), have become celebrities on popular social media in “The Same Video of the Same Guys Dancing to a Different Song Everyday.” Scott from the United Kingdom created the page in March 2020. The videos rack up hundreds of comments and shares each day, and the page has over 200,000 followers.
The three men agreed the Muscle Shoals Education Foundation could sell a T-shirt with images of all three of them to raise money for enrichment projects in Muscle Shoals City Schools special education classrooms. In June 2021, enrichment projects began in the special education classroom at Muscle Shoals Middle School. The design included equipment that improves fine motor skill development, basic living skills, a computer area, and a speech board.
Mr. Parker taught special education/gifted classes at Howell Graves, Webster Elementary, and Highland Park Elementary Schools. He later taught science and Spanish at Muscle Shoals Middle and Muscle Shoals High School. Mr. Parker has been retired 22 years and continues to substitute in the Muscle Shoals School System a few days per week.
Please join us to celebrate “Paul Parker Day” and his 83rd birthday on April 29, 2021. A form to order a t-shirt for this occasion is attached. Please order a shirt and wear it in Paul’s honor.
T-shirt orders are prepaid and orders will be delivered to your school if indicated on the order form or they can be picked up at the Muscle Shoals Board of Education. You will be notified of the dates. Add $7.00 to have your order shipped anywhere in the Continental U.S.
- Order online www.mscsfoundation.com Click News/Events White T-shirt orders Click on Paul Parker for Black T-Shirt Orders Click Colonel Mustard.
- Orders will be delivered to each school in the district.
If you have any questions, please contact Karran Sasser at ksasser@mscs.k12.al.us or the Muscle Shoals Education Foundation office at 256-389-2698.
Mental Health Matters in Alabama Award
Dr. Chad Holden, Superintendent
