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Pelham superintendent gets high marks from school board

At a meeting in early June the Pelham Board of Education votes unanimously to give Superintendent Scott Coefield a positive evaluation for his first year on the job.

Coefield was hired by the board in April of 2014 at a salary of $180,000 and began officially on July 1, 2014. According to Rick Rhoades, school board president, Coefield’s evaluation has been on-going for several months. He oversaw the new school system as it transitioned into an independent district separate from Shelby County. Among the many challenges the superintendent faced was ensuring the new school system kept up with Common Core standards to avoid fallout from the state.

In addition to guiding the fledging school

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