According to the
Birmingham News, current Board of Education President A.W. Bolt will not seek a second term on the Board.
Only two applications were turned in for the upcomming appointment, one by Dr. Ronald Braswell and one by Marshall Allen Hollis, an attorney.
Interviews are scheduled for the week of March 21.
I've looked over my notes from past interviews and found that Dr. Braswell was one of three finalists for the position in 2009, along with current Board member Paulette Pearson. Here's what I wrote on Dr. Braswell's interview on
04/15/09:
I liked Dr. Braswell's experience in having served on an elected school board in Mississippi. He interviewed well. My only issue with him was that he had children at SMS and HHS. Several councilors asked him if he would have time issues, which he said he would not. He brings a different type of person to the board, someone from the medical field. Due to his short time in Hoover (>5 years), he will have less of an impression of East vs. West, but he still has children in the schools.