Editing Chickasaw, Alabama (section)

===History of schools===
Chickasaw's public schools were previously operated by the [[Mobile County Public School System]]. Hamilton Elementary School was within the Chickasaw city limits and serves Chickasaw residents. In addition two magnet schools, the elementary [[Chickasaw School of Mathematics and Science]] and the [[Clark School of Mathematics, Science and Technology]] (high school), were in the city.<ref name="PhilipsChickoffsch">Philips, Rena Havner. "[http://www.al.com/news/press-register/metro.ssf?/base/news/123814532499410.xml&coll=3 Chickasaw officials to examine possible school split]." ''[[Mobile Press-Register]]''. March 27, 2009. Retrieved on March 31, 2009.</ref> Residents zoned to Hamilton are also zoned to Chastang Middle School.<ref>"[http://images.pcmac.org/Uploads/MCPSS/MobileCounty/Divisions/PagesLevel1/Documents/elementary.pdf Elementary Schools Middle Schools]." ''[[Mobile County Public School System]]''. Retrieved on March 31, 2009.</ref>

Several years prior to 2009, officials of Chickasaw, [[Satsuma, Alabama|Satsuma]], and [[Saraland, Alabama|Saraland]] contemplated forming the "Delta School District." Around 2009 Chickasaw officials considered a plan to secede from the Mobile County school system, after Mobile County officials considered closing the Chickasaw magnets, which together have a combined total of 14% Chickasaw residents. The remainder of the students came from other locations, including the unincorporated area of [[Grand Bay, Alabama|Grand Bay]]. Mobile County considered moving the magnets to [[Shaw High School (Alabama)|Shaw High School]] in western [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]].<ref name="PhilipsChickoffsch"/>

Chickasaw did separate from the Mobile County school system, effective in 2013, with the understanding that the elementary Chickasaw School of Mathematics and Science would be relocated from Chickasaw within four years. While it remained, the residents of Chickasaw were required to pay $2,200 per year per child in order to attend the school, as they were no longer part of the county system.<ref>Philips, Rena Havner. "[http://blog.al.com/live/2012/04/satsuma_sets_tuition_for_out-o.html Satsuma sets tuition for out-of-city students at $650]." [[AL.com]]. April 29, 2012. Retrieved on July 29, 2016.</ref> In January 2013 the Mobile County school board decided to move the elementary Mathematics and Science school to the former Howard Elementary School near Downtown Mobile.<ref>Philips, Rena Havner. "[http://blog.al.com/live/2013/01/magnet_elementary_school_movin.html Magnet school moving from Chickasaw to downtown Mobile]." [[AL.com]]. January 31, 2013. Retrieved on July 29, 2016.</ref>