The memorial service for longtime Alabama Education Association leader Paul Hubbert is planned Saturday in Montgomery. A spokeswoman for AEA says the family will receive friends from 1-3 p.m. Friday at Heritage Funeral Home in Montgomery. The memorial service will be at noon Saturday at the Montgomery Performing Arts Center. Hubbert served as AEA's executive secretary for more than 42 years. He died Tuesday at a Montgomery hospital, he was 78.
Standards Homepage
The State Department of Education is giving the public an opportunity to express opinions on the Alabama College and Career Readiness Standards. A Standard Review Homepage is now available on the Department's website where all the standards for every grade can be perused. Director of Communications for the Department Dr. Michael Sibley says the homepage will be open through the week of December 15th. Sibley says their goal is to increase the public's understanding of the standards and to receive input on how to possibly upgrade them. All comments will be provided to the Course of Study Committee which will then take them under consideration when it meets in January.
Eggs and Issues Breakfast
Congresswoman Terri Sewell was in Montgomery Wednesday as the guest speaker at Eggs and Issues Breakfast. No topics were off limits as Sewell briefed her constituents on everything from education and healthcare to Ebola and the growing situation in ISIS. Sewell says Congress has a great deal of work to do once its session resumes. The quarterly Eggs and Issues Breakfast is hosted by the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce.
50th Anniversary March
State and national leaders met in Montgomery Wednesday to discuss the 50th Anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery March. Souther Christian Leadership Conference President Charles Steel was among the speakers; he talked about a recent trip to Berlin, Germany where he spoke about the right to vote being under attack. Other speakers included State Senator Hank Sanders, State Representatives John Knight and Thad McClammy, Tuskegee Mayor Johnny Ford and Sam Walker.