Dr. Pattie Neill to speak at January Trussville Area Chamber luncheon

Dr. Pattie Neill, superintendent of Trussville City Schools, will return to the Trussville Area Chamber of Commerce for her annual update at this month’s luncheon on Jan. 19. The luncheon networking will begin at 11:30 a.m. at the Trussville Civic Center. Neill will speak shortly after the noon lunch is served. 

Neill, who is in her fifth year as Trussville City Schools superintendent, plans to share about the success of the school system’s dividing its elementary school into three schools this past fall — Paine, Cahaba and Magnolia. She said the division of 2,000 students from Paine Elementary into three schools went seamlessly.

“It has been an amazing endeavor,” Neill said. “It was done with such professionalism with everybody on staff.”

She also plans to discuss results of last spring’s test scores, which recently came out. While the elementary test scores were only taken at Paine in 2015-16, the classes were zoned by students’ addresses to help smooth the transition to their new school in 2016-17, thus providing a glimpse of scores for each of the three schools before they opened.

The January luncheon will begin with a 30-minute network development time during which members and guests can network and exchange business cards with the estimated 80 to 100 expected to attend. Prior to lunch, the chamber will honor its monthly Customer Service Award winners. Door prizes also will be given away.  

To register, visit Trussvillechamber.com or contact June Mathews at 665-7535 or june.mathews@trussvillechamber.com. 

Cost is $17 (cash or check) or $17.34 if paying by credit or debit card (2 percent processing fee). Online registration is closed at midnight Jan. 16, but the chamber office will accept registration by phone until noon Jan. 17. All nonmembers must pay in advance. 

The Trussville Civic Center is at 5381 Trussville-Clay Road.