Dr. Dan Brigman, Superintendent of Macon County Schools, has been listed as one of seven candidates for the position of superintendent of the Huntsville, Ala., school system.

Brigman, who is originally from Madison County, arrived in Macon County in 2006, replacing Rodney Shotwell who had resigned after allegations of impropriety surfaced regarding his relationship with an employee. Previously, Brigman had been the superintendent of the Coffee County school system in Manchester, Tenn., from 2004 to 2006.

“I am extremely flattered to be one of the seven candidates to be presented to the board for consideration,” said Brigman on Tuesday. “If given the opportunity, I will definitely accept but will work closely with our board of education here to insure a smooth transition.”

Accessing data about Macon County schools is about to become a whole lot easier for teachers and administrators of the school system.

At Monday’s meeting of the Board of Education, technology director Tim Burrell presented a powerful new program that that will allow users to access, compare and correlate a vast amount of data.

The TetraData system developed by Follett Software Company is marketed as “a robust suite of educational data analysis, management and vision alignment tools designed to help K- 12 districts drive systemic change.”

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Recently a group of Franklin High School Career and Technical Education students participated in the SkillsUSA Regional Competition held at Blue Ridge Community College where several students placed in the following: 1st place Jobs Skills Demo; 1st place in Debate; 1st , 3rd and 5th in Welding; 2nd in Automotive; 4th and 5th in Carpentry; 1st in Promotional Bulletin Board.

The group also travelled to the State Competition in Greensboro and hopefully on to Nationals in the summer.

Leon Harris, a 2008 graduate of Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) Job Corps Center in Franklin, returned to his old school on Wednesday as a customer service representative for the U.S. Forest Service offering information and advice about how to pursue a career in the Forest Service. Harris was only one of a number of representatives from government agencies and companies which participated in LBJ’s first annual job fair, but he was also a symbol of the value of Job Corps and the possibilities it can open up for those students who choose to take advantage of it.

Harris, who studied Business Technology at LBJ, said his experience at the Job Corps Center had been transformative.