BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – We are On Your Side and working to bring you the latest on the potential state takeover of the Bessemer City School System.

On Thursday, the school board met for their annual capital improvement planning meeting.

While school board leaders and the superintendent declined talking about their response to state superintendent’s concerns, school leaders did say they expect the state superintendent to put out a press release at some point Friday on the situation.

School leaders have shared a response to the saga previously. To read more on that, click here.

WBRC’s Sarah Verser is scheduled to speak with State Superintendent Dr. Mackey on the topic Friday.

Still, there is no news from the board. On Thursday, they opened up the Capital Improvement Planning Meeting by saying this is simply standard operating procedure and that nothing special or out of the ordinary would take place.

In the meeting, the board discussed the need for HVAC work and analysis, roof repairs, and gutter replacements at different schools in the district.

Again, board leaders declined to speak on the potential state takeover, but we will continue to follow this story, and once we have an update we will share it with you on air and online.

To familiarize yourself further with how the board got here and how some in Bessemer feel about the situation, you can click here.

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