Hoover public schools

As communities settle into the summer season, local libraries continue serving as welcoming spaces for learning, creativity and connection. In this edition of Alabama Out Loud, APR’s Aydan Conchin highlights free library programs, summer reading events and community activities happening across Alabama.

Students at Hoover High School are hoping to win the national level of a science, technology, engineering and mathematics contest. The campus is already the state victor of the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow STEM Competition, where schools from across the country compete at both state and national levels to win Samsung technology for their schools.

A school system in suburban Birmingham is back-tracking on its plan to end all school bus service after a wave of complaints by parents and school bus…

One of Alabama's best-funded public school systems says it's ending school bus service to save money. The Hoover city school board voted Monday night to…