Covering all of Baldwin County, AL every Friday. The Baldwin Times State track meet titles PAGE 15 MAY 12, 2017 | GulfCoastNewsToday.com | 75¢ County, Fairhope at odds yet Baldwin again on county road repairs schools By CLIFF MCCOLLUM message boards to County projects. moving [email protected] Road 32 near the intersec- The list includes the fol- tion with Highway 181 lowing: Tensions have once displaying a message to • CR48 just West of Bo- again flared between the motorists and the city hemian Hall Rd forward Baldwin County Com- itself: “Delays caused by According to notes mission and the city of Fairhope Utility. Call 928- from the Baldwin County Academic plan has 4 Fairhope’s utilities depart- 2136.” Highway Department: major components ment following continued The county said several “This site is currently discussions and problems roads, including County open to the public. We By CLIFF MCCOLLUM involving needed upgrades Road 32, have been held have received a quote from [email protected] to county roads on the up for far too long. County Fairhope Water & Sewer PHOTO BY CLIFF MCCOLLUM city’s borders. officials said the holdup to relocate this conflict. During a recent special called County officials moved message boards along Late Tuesday afternoon, Baldwin County Board of Edu- County Road 32 that urged residents upset has been utility line re- The City of Fairhope has by construction delays to contact the City of the county moved the locations near or around the utility agreement and cation work session, Baldwin Fairhope’s utilities department. highway department’s the various uncompleted SEE ROADS, PAGE 25 County Schools Academic Dean Joyce Woodburn laid out an academic plan for the board members comprised of four major components. Woodburn told the board she would like to see the board continue the system’s K-6 Not Scholastic Reading Initiative and expand it to all K-6 schools throughout the county. Currently, the guided read- for ing program associated with the initiative has only been rolled out to the Tier II schools in the district, schools whose sale reading rate was 33 percent or less. Woodburn said the initia- Selling of property tive has shown great success in those schools just in the short creates confusion time it has been implemented. for hot dog stand “Baldwin County had 11 Tier II schools,” Woodburn said. By JOHN UNDERWOOD “Already, 10 of our 11 schools [email protected] are basically out of Tier II because of guided reading ROBERTSDALE — and ARI intervention. We’re Redd’s Hot Dogs in Rob- absolutely convinced this is a ertsdale is not for sale, program that works, and we’d but it might be moving like to bring it to more schools soon, according to owner across the county.” Chris Redd. Woodburn said guided read- “We get that question ing was a way to reach troubled all day every day,” he readers. said. “I just want every- “The difference in guided one to know that I’m not reading is it meets the kids going anywhere, and I at the level they are at and have two sons. One of gives them choice as to what them will be taking over to read,” Woodburn said. “Be- when I’m done.” STAFF PHOTO BY JOHN UNDERWOOD cause they can choose, they get Questions surrounding Owner Chris Redd serves a customer at Redd’s Hot Dogs in Robertsdale. the hot dog stand have SEE PLAN, PAGE 2 been popping up since a has been in virtually the “My dad was retired,” over,” he said. “This busi- “for sale” sign went up from, but the property same location ever since. he said. “He didn’t need ness was his life and it on the property and the owner is getting older and “When he first opened the money. He did it kept him going long after sale of the property was he’s trying to sell some BALDWIN FAST FACTS he was in the property because he loved doing he got sick. For the last posted to social media of the properties he owns next door,” Redd said. it and loved talking to three years of his life it about a month ago, Redd before he retires, and this When it was sold and a people.” was the sole reason he got There were 6,200 attendees at said. is one of them.” Wendy’s was built on the The younger Redd had up every morning.” last weekend’s NCAA Beach “We have been fortu- Redd’s hot dog stand property 14 years ago, his own business when Redd said he has been Volleyball tournament in nate enough to be able to has been an iconic fix- the elder Redd moved his father became ill and in contact with other Gulf Shores. lease this space for the ture in Robertsdale since his stand a few feet to was no longer able to run local property owners last 14 years,” he said. Chris Redd’s father, Clyde the south and it has been the business on his own. and, should the current Source: Gulf Shores City “We couldn’t have asked “Buddy” Redd, opened the stand 28 years ago. It there ever since. “I couldn’t not take it Government for better people to lease SEE REDD’S, PAGE 2 Deaths Page 25 Gulf Donald Bryant II William Augusta Moesch Coast Glenn Raymond Richard Fredric Roder Media Hollenbeck VOLUME 126 • ISSUE 52 Warner Collins Lawson 1 SECTION • 28 PAGES 2 • The Baldwin Times • May 12, 2017 • Gulf Coast Media goal, Elberta Elementary’s instructional strategies Woodburn said ten- PLAN 92 percent level and Sum- and be on top of academic ured ITS employees that The Baldwin Times CONTINUED FROM 1 merdale School and Swift achievement at each were not qualified for the hooked and their reading School’s 91 percent goal school,” Woodburn said. new curriculum leader 901 N. McKenzie St., Foley, AL 36535-3546 levels have been shown to level. To launch that com- positions would likely PHONE: (251) 943-2151 | FAX: (251) 943-3441 go up.” The cost to continue the ponent, Woodburn said be transferred into new [email protected] Woodburn said six of K-6 Scholastic Reading Ini- they would be asking positions back in the class- Baldwin County’s schools tiative, including training the board to reclassify rooms. Parks Rogers Tony Whitehead were in the top 20 for most in guided reading for 81 ad- the ITS positions created The proposed academic ditional teachers, would be under the Digital Re- plan budget also proposed Publisher Sports Editor improvement following the institution of the program. $469,115.24. naissance initiative and eMints training for the (251) 947-7712 (251) 928-2321 “We have people from Some board members morph it into the cur- eight curriculum leaders, parks@gulfcoast tony@gulfcoast the state level asking what questioned putting all of riculum leader position, at a cost of $44,000, and a media.com media.com we are doing in Baldwin the system’s eggs in one adding a new position for new analytics platform County and trying to find basket with just that pro- the newly created Elberta for compiling and review- Cliff McCollum Classified Advertising ways to replicate it,” Wood- gram, but Woodburn said High feeder pattern at ing data that would cost Managing Editor Whisper Edwards burn said. the program could easily $73,991.51. $113,000 annually. (251) 947-7712 whisper@gulfcoast Silverhill Elementary be modified if any issues BCBE President Shan- Board member David [email protected] media.com was No. 3 in the state in arose. non Cauley had some res- Tarwater said he felt the improvement, exceeding “If it’s not working, we’ll ervations about modifying citizens should be made Allison Marlow Legal Advertising their reading goal by 130 tweak it,” Woodburn said. the positions. aware of what the costs Senior Features Editor April Wallace percent. Some other top “We can’t keep throwing “Do all of our ITS people are for the academics they allisonm@gulfcoast alegals@gulfcoast performers included El- programs out the window. know how to teach that claim to want prioritized media.com media.com sanor’s 110 percent over We need to be able to pick curriculum?” Cauley by the system. a program and stick with asked. “When we’re talk- “Our citizens need to TRENDING it for a minimum of five ing about cutting positions pay for this if they want To subscribe, make an address change or vacation delivery years.” and creating new positions, better schools,” Tarwater stop, you may call our office at (251) 517-1690, go online at www. The next component that means everyone has to said. “We’re piecemealing gulfcoastnewstoday.com and click on the “e-edition” link in the 1. Fatal wreck in Loxley drew some questions from be pink slipped and possi- it right now. If anything, black toolbar. Under “don’t have an id’ there is an option for how to 2. 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