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Thirty-one years ago, Reverend
Kevin F. Dulgnan, pastor of St. Vincent de Paul Parish, listened to the
parish consensus of building a school and moved forward on the venture.
The school doors were opened on August 30th, 1976, with just one class --
Kindergarten. The master plan called for Kindergarten to open the first year, and one grade to be added every year after that for the next
eight years.
The Kindergarten was
fully accredited by the State of Alabama Department of Education and had the
full approval of the Catholic Department of Education. The first
Kindergarten class had twenty-four students. The first Principal was
Mrs. Barbara Boudreaux.
Over the past
thirty years, a lot of changes have taken place at St. Vincent de Paul
School. In 1981, a new school building was built to house grades 3 and
up, as well as administrative offices, a kitchen, and a cafeteria. The
younger grades were still housed in barracks brought from Brookley Field.
In 1990, the school saw the end of combined classrooms. In 2001, a new
Early Childhood building was constructed which has four classrooms (K-4,
K-5, and Grades 1-2), a teachers' lounge, and a counselor's office. In
January of 2006, St. Vincent de Paul was accredited by SACS (Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools).
Today on staff, St. Vincent de Paul School has 12 classrooms teachers (K- 4 through 8th Grade), a counselor, a Librarian/Computer, Resource Teacher, a
Principal, a school secretary, a Development Director, three cafeteria
ladies and a maintenance man. At present, the school enrollment is 190
students. Ms. Mary McLendon is the present Principal and Mrs. Linda
Girby is the Assistant Principal. Reverend J. Francis Sofie is the
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