Editing Pleasant Grove, Alabama (section)

==Education==
Pleasant Grove Schools are operated by the [[Jefferson County Board of Education (Alabama)|Jefferson County Board of Education]]. Land was originally given to the Board of Education and a gift of $150,000 toward the construction of a Junior High School. In 1970, [[Pleasant Grove High School (Alabama)|Pleasant Grove High School]] was built. It  combined with the Junior High School. The schools were accredited by the State of Alabama in May 1973. It agreed to give the Board of Education $1,00 over a ten-year period to add onto the existing Elementary School and get all of the children K-6 under one roof. In January 1997, students who formerly attended Woodward School were relocated to the city.

Construction of a new Pleasant Grove High School was completed in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/west.ssf?/base/community/1239783496156670.xml&coll=2 |title=Pleasant Grove High School construction to open in 2010, officials say - al.com |website=www.al.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006084208/http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/west.ssf?/base/community/1239783496156670.xml&coll=2 |archive-date=October 6, 2012}}</ref> Pleasant Grove High School has the highest graduation rate in the Jefferson County School system. There are four Nationally Certified teachers on staff, and the remainder of the staff is highly qualified as per Alabama Board of Education standards.  The old high school is now the JCIB Middle School.