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Mayor, Council Members Discuss Proposed Northport School System

Patch caught up with Northport Mayor Bobby Herndon, Councilwoman Jamie Dykes and Councilman Woodrow Washington III to discuss the study.

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Northport Mayor Bobby Herndon, left, and District 4 Councilwoman Jamie Dykes spoke to Patch about the school system feasibility study along with District 2's Woodrow Washington III (not pictured).
Northport Mayor Bobby Herndon, left, and District 4 Councilwoman Jamie Dykes spoke to Patch about the school system feasibility study along with District 2's Woodrow Washington III (not pictured). (Ryan Phillips, Tuscaloosa Patch)

NORTHPORT, AL — The city of Northport is taking the next steps toward its own proposed city school system, as the City Council approved changes for a feasibility study Monday night during its regular meeting.

The talks for a separate Northport school system have persisted for the better part of a decade as city officials have mulled pulling its schools from the Tuscaloosa County School System, with a feasibility study previously conducted in 2013.

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Tuscaloosa Patch spoke with Mayor Bobby Herndon, District 2 Councilman Woodrow Washington III and District 4's Jamie Dykes as the effort moves forward.

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