Central Celebrates ‘A’ School Rating with 4,000 People at Wildcat Stadium

Nearly 4,000 Central students, parents, teachers, and administrators gathered at Wildcat Stadium Tuesday night to celebrate the Central Community School System’s being rated as an ‘A’ school system for the second straight year.
The district celebrated accomplishments in Academics, Athletics, Arts and Awareness from the community.  They also had a lot of fun doing it!  Each of Central’s five public schools competed in a spirit contest for prizes and bragging rights.
Each school adopted a theme for the night, and students, parents, and teachers dressed the part.  Bellingrath Hills Elementary students were farmers, and principal Laurie Gelding arrived driving a tractor. Tanglewood Elementary students were construction workers, and principal Kitty Ainsworth arrived in a hardhat.  Central Intermediate School students were cowboys.  Principal Rhonda Taylor apparently doesn’t like horses, because she arrived on a wooden horse.  But assistant principal Jeremy O’Banion arrived riding a real paint horse.  Central Middle School students were race car drivers, and principal Jason Fountain arrived on the football field in a race car.  Central High students were… well, we’re not sure, but principal David Prescott arrived wearing leather and driving a Harley!
In the end, Central Middle School students, parents, teachers, and administrators were the loudest and won the competition, according to the three judges, all of whom are real-life judges.  Court of Appeal Judge Toni Higginbotham, District Judge Chip Moore, and Family Court Judge Charlene Day made it all official.
Supt Mike Faulk said, “While our teachers, administrators, parents and students are working together to move the bar higher, we could not be as successful as we have been without the tremendous support of all our community members.”