One year later: What state intervention has done in Bessemer City Schools

One year later: What state intervention has done in Bessemer City Schools

Patrick Evans teaches students at the Jonesboro Elementary summer enrichment program in Bessemer, Ala., on June 23, 2025. Bessemer City Schools has been under state intervention for just over a year, and staff and teachers say they have seen maintenance improvements. (Andi Rice for Alabama Reflector)This is the first of a three-part series looking at state intervention in local school districts. BESSEMER — The school year was over, but classes w…