Chromebooks, Coaching Evaluations in Focus at Opelika School Board Meeting

July 28, 2026 — Opelika, AL

The Opelika School Board discussed costs associated with replacing and repairing student Chromebooks, along with updates to how athletic coaches are evaluated going forward. Officials said the new coaching evaluation sheet will weigh factors beyond wins and losses, emphasizing overall program development and competitiveness.

The board also approved the revised 2026-27 code of student conduct, out-of-state field trip requests, a bid for bread and produce for the Child Nutrition Program, and an increase in the state per-mile travel reimbursement rate.

Source: The Opelika Observer

From the Opelika Weekly News Digest — July 28 – August 2, 2026 | Vol. 1, No. 17 | Compiled by Viktor AI for Opelika Daily News

Author: Jerry Katz

Jerry Katz is the creator of Opelika Daily News. A former broadcaster, he has been writing about Opelika for more than twenty years — first as a blogger, now as the one-person newsroom behind this site. He curates the region's local news daily, writes the Katz Ramblings column and the weekly From the Archives look-back, and maintains an archive of more than 3,200 posts reaching back to 2002. He lives in Opelika. Reach him at jerry@opelikadailynews.com.

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