Editing Pell City, Alabama (section)

==Education==
After a period of growth in the 1980s, Pell City voted to split its school system off from the county system, becoming independent. The system has over 4500 students spread across [[Pell City High School]], Duran Junior High School, Duran South, Iola Roberts Elementary, Walter M. Kennedy Elementary, Coosa Valley Elementary, Eden Elementary, and Williams Intermediate School.<ref name="schools">{{cite web |title=Schools |url=https://www.pellcityschools.net/en/en-US/schools |website=Pell City Schools |access-date=August 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230818155900/https://www.pellcityschools.net/en/en-US/schools |archive-date=August 18, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>
The system also operates a trade school as an alternative to college preparation courses.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

A conversion of Duran South into a dedicated [[pre-k]] school was discussed by the school board in 2019. Seventh and eighth grades would be combined into one school, with Pell City High School being remodeled. These proposals were accepted by the school board.<ref name="prek">{{cite web |last1=Mitchell |first1=Taylor |title=Patrick Dowell named principal of Pell City pre-k center |url=https://www.annistonstar.com/the_st_clair_times/stclair_schools/patrick-dowell-named-principal-of-pell-city-pre-k-center/article_8b2577ec-c668-11ec-8437-939878c5682c.html |website=The Anniston Star |access-date=August 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230818160101/https://www.annistonstar.com/the_st_clair_times/stclair_schools/patrick-dowell-named-principal-of-pell-city-pre-k-center/article_8b2577ec-c668-11ec-8437-939878c5682c.html |archive-date=August 18, 2023 |language=en |date=April 27, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2005 [[Jefferson State Community College]] opened a new campus location in Pell City offering a wide variety of community college courses. The school announced in 2009 that it will begin offering nursing programs to support the recently confirmed Veterans Nursing Home and St. Vincent's St. Clair Hospital.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

In 2011, two of the city's schools, Iola Roberts Elementary and Pell City High School, began the year after undergoing extensive renovations and/or expansions to their campuses.<ref name="construct">{{cite web |last1=Atchison |first1=David |title=Pell City Superintendent announces completion of school construction projects |url=http://www.annistonstar.com/the_daily_home/pell-city-superintendent-announces-completion-of-school-construction-projects/article_3c8d0962-bff1-11e5-8517-2f578df43cfe.html |website=The Anniston Star |access-date=August 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220084453/http://www.annistonstar.com/the_daily_home/pell-city-superintendent-announces-completion-of-school-construction-projects/article_3c8d0962-bff1-11e5-8517-2f578df43cfe.html |archive-date=December 20, 2016 |language=en |date=January 20, 2016 |url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

In November 2021 the Pell City School System passed its a property tax referendum, which included full-time art and music teachers for all elementary schools, storm shelters at Eden Elementary School and Coosa Valley Elementary School, a complete renovation of Pell City High School along with a new cafeteria and band hall, a new multi-purpose building to Duran North, and various improvements and upgrades to sports facilities.<ref name="tax">{{cite web |last1=Mitchell |first1=Taylor |title=Pell City passes tax referendum on 21 vote margin |url=https://www.annistonstar.com/the_st_clair_times/stclair_news/pell-city-passes-tax-referendum-on-21-vote-margin/article_5bce3f5a-4761-11ec-9888-a38074c8a01e.html |website=The Anniston Star |access-date=August 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230818160700/https://www.annistonstar.com/the_st_clair_times/stclair_news/pell-city-passes-tax-referendum-on-21-vote-margin/article_5bce3f5a-4761-11ec-9888-a38074c8a01e.html |archive-date=August 18, 2023 |language=en |date=November 16, 2021}}</ref>