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=**History of Education in Trussville, Alabama**=

**1940**
The first published yearbook at HTHS

**Early 1970**
Old Hewitt Elementary burns

1971
HTHS Marching Band





Hewitt Trussville Highschool

**1997**
Hewitt Elementary School was constructed

**1984**
Hewitt-Trussville High School was opened

**1997**
Clay-Chalkville Schools were constructed to ease overcroding in Trussville Schools

**April 2000**
Trussville city leaders and residents opened discussion of a city school system when Jefferson County Board of Education would not allow the City of Trussville to fund additional units for schools which were lost when the County had to reduce teachers units due to financial crisis

Mr. and Mrs. Edgar K. Paine donate land to build Paine Primary and Paine Intermediate School

**2003**
Paine Primary and Paine Intermediate School were built by the City of Trussville and Jefferson County Board of Education Hewitt-Trussville Junior High School closed due to sink holes

Trussville Education Advisory Committee was formed

Paine Schools became Alabama Reading Initiative Schools

**2004**
City Council passed Resolution to form Trussville City Schools

Board of Education Members selected Dennis Hill, Butch Howard, Ormond Bentley, Ned Paine, and John Floyd

Suzanne Freeman appointed as first Superintendent of Trussville City Schools

Hiring begins

**2005**
May - Court order issued by Federal Judge to form school system

July 1 - Official start date of Trussville City Schools System

August 7 - Ribbon Cutting for New Central Office Building

August 11 - First Day for Students

August - Davis Architects selected for new High School

December - Official logo of Trussville City Schools choosen

2006
Wireless laptop given to every teacher to facilitate learning. All schools and BOE is wireless

HTMS Charity Basketball Game raises $5,000 for athletic equipment for school damaged by Hurricane Katrina

May 25 - First Graduating class of Trussville City Schools