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Birmingham Schools Graduates to Get Free College Tuition
Posted on 8/28/19 at 6:15 am
Posted on 8/28/19 at 6:15 am
If a Birmingham City Schools student walks across the stage, they will get free tuition to any in-state school they’re accepted to, according to the mayor.
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Birmingham Mayor Randall Woofin announced the new policy on Twitter Tuesday evening. He posted, "Starting in 2020, any Birmingham City School student that walks across the graduation stage will have the opportunity to attend any in-state two or four year school tuition free."
Woodfin later clarified, adding that the graduates will be funded to attend any public, in-state two-year or four-year school where they are accepted.
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Posted on 8/28/19 at 6:17 am to StringedInstruments
This is good. It fills a niche. The smart kids won't use it because they already have scholarships. The athletic kids won't use it because they've already been promised Chargers.
This post was edited on 8/28/19 at 10:54 am
Posted on 8/28/19 at 6:19 am to Ingeniero
$2m funded by the city, rest from private organizations.
Love it.
Love it.
Posted on 8/28/19 at 6:19 am to StringedInstruments
You might see a lot of private school kids and kids from out of the area transfer just for their last semester to work the system.
This post was edited on 8/28/19 at 6:23 am
Posted on 8/28/19 at 6:21 am to Ssubba
Of course the first al.com comment. What's up with boomers and trade schools?
Someone tell this guy trade schools are included in this project.
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They don't need free college they need to learn a trade and how to work.
Someone tell this guy trade schools are included in this project.
Posted on 8/28/19 at 6:21 am to Rouge
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You might see a lot of private school kids transfer just for their last semester to work the system.
They pay taxes to support public schools just like anybody else
Posted on 8/28/19 at 6:23 am to DavidTheGnome
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They pay taxes to support public schools just like anybody else
They're probably the only ones that do in Birmingham proper.
Posted on 8/28/19 at 6:26 am to StringedInstruments
I like this, there are worse uses for the money.
Hopefully a lot of the residents take advantage of it. Instead of giving a hand out they are giving a hand up.
Hopefully a lot of the residents take advantage of it. Instead of giving a hand out they are giving a hand up.
Posted on 8/28/19 at 6:31 am to StringedInstruments
So you are saying any kid that can somehow make it through high school in Birmingham gets a free ride to Auburn or Alabama?
Posted on 8/28/19 at 6:33 am to LanierSpots
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So you are saying any kid that can somehow make it through high school in Birmingham gets a free ride to Auburn or Alabama?
He has to be accepted into the school he wants to attend. So he will still need something like a 25 ACT score or whatever they require nowadays. I would love to see some stats on ACT scores for BCS graduates.
This post was edited on 8/28/19 at 6:37 am
Posted on 8/28/19 at 6:34 am to LanierSpots
If they are admitted by Bama or AU, yes.
Posted on 8/28/19 at 6:36 am to StringedInstruments
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If a Birmingham City Schools student walks across the stage, they will get free tuition to any in-state school they’re accepted to, according to the mayor
We have a future, real life, Scott's Tots situation on our hands.
Posted on 8/28/19 at 6:37 am to HempHead
Kid is at hoover
Parents get fake divorce
Dad gets apartment in Birmingham
Kid goes to Birmingham school for last semester after already getting accepted to Auburn
Free tuition
Dad and mom have a miracle relationship recovery
Parents get fake divorce
Dad gets apartment in Birmingham
Kid goes to Birmingham school for last semester after already getting accepted to Auburn
Free tuition
Dad and mom have a miracle relationship recovery
Posted on 8/28/19 at 6:40 am to Rouge
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Kid is at hoover Parents get fake divorce Dad gets apartment in Birmingham Kid goes to Birmingham school for last semester after already getting accepted to Auburn Free tuition Dad and mom have a miracle relationship recovery
A Hoover kid wouldn't make it two weeks in a Birmingham school.
Posted on 8/28/19 at 6:41 am to Ssubba
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A Hoover kid wouldn't make it two weeks in a Birmingham school.
I was gonna say, if they can make it a few months at Woodlawn or GW Carver, they deserve it.
Posted on 8/28/19 at 6:46 am to StringedInstruments
I like it.
Posted on 8/28/19 at 6:51 am to Rouge
Could you imagine the outrage if this was implemented at Hoover or Johns Creek Ga
Posted on 8/28/19 at 6:52 am to StringedInstruments
The one liberal mantra I believe in is free tuition for everyone.
It's a good way to provide a good thing for poor people and their chance to get out of the ghetto, etc. It's just giving them an opportunity, if they want to achieve it.
It's a good way to provide a good thing for poor people and their chance to get out of the ghetto, etc. It's just giving them an opportunity, if they want to achieve it.
Posted on 8/28/19 at 7:00 am to LanierSpots
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Could you imagine the outrage if this was implemented at Hoover
I'm not familiar with your local schools, but I'm guessing Birmingham Schools is no different from any other typical urban district (low graduate rates, poor schools). So, I'm guessing this free tuition program is more of a good PR stunt which won't have a ton of utilization.
Hoover, I'm guessing, is a good suburban school district with really nice schools with high graduation rates. The district may go broke if it had a similar type free tuition program.
Posted on 8/28/19 at 7:01 am to StringedInstruments
He will probably end up giving them laptop batteries instead of tuition.
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