Henry County AL Schools, Board Meetings, Registration & Parent Resources
Henry County Board of Education in this guide means the public school district based in Abbeville, Alabama, serving the Abbeville and Headland communities. It is not the much larger Henry County Schools system in McDonough, Georgia or Henry County Public Schools in Kentucky.
Use this guide for current Board members, meeting rules, the 2026–27 calendar route, school contacts and grade spans, registration documents, PowerSchool, Pre-K, free meals, Child Find, buses, Virtual Campus, employment, background checks, student policies and practical help when the district’s own new website contains an older or unfinished page.
Henry County’s new website mixes current and older information
The district has launched a new website and states that some sections are still under construction. That makes the date and type of the source especially important for 2026–27 research.
| District resource | Current status | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| 26-27 Calendar link | Current-year link | Prefer it over the separate 25-26 calendar link. |
| Board Members | Current | Use for current names, emails and general meeting rule. |
| Meetings page | Detailed schedule is 2025–26 | Use the general second-Thursday rule only as orientation; verify a current notice. |
| Meeting Minutes | Page currently exposes 2024–25 | Do not assume it contains the latest meeting record. |
| Enrollment hub | Partly under construction | Use current school registration pages/office contacts where the hub says “Coming Soon.” |
| PowerSchool | Current school workflow | Use PowerSchool rather than older InformationNow instructions. |
| Technology page | Contains older InformationNow text | Follow the PowerSchool links on current school/district navigation. |
| 2026–27 CEP release | Current | Use for current breakfast/lunch fee policy. |
| Pre-K pages | Mixed years | Verify the application year before submitting documents. |
| Code of Conduct | 2026–27 page available | Use the current Code of Conduct for districtwide student rules. |
Best source priority: use a clearly dated 2026–27 district announcement or current school-year document first, then a live department/school page, and finally call the school or Central Office when an official page itself contains conflicting years.
Henry County Board of Education Alabama contact information
Wrong-Henry warning: Henry County Schools in McDonough, Georgia uses a different website, office, Board, calendar, schools and phone number. Confirm Abbeville + Headland + 334 area code + henrycountyboe.org.
Use the district homepage before entering student information or following a school-year link.
Verify Henry County School District Alabama →Henry County Board of Education members by district
| District | Member | |
|---|---|---|
| District I | Faye Shipes | fshipes@henrycountyboe.org |
| District II | Tyrone Watson | twatson@henrycountyboe.org |
| District III | Jean Bush | jbush@henrycountyboe.org |
| District IV | Mary Wiggins | mwiggins@henrycountyboe.org |
| District V | Emanuel Davis | edavis@henrycountyboe.org |
Board or school? Contact a Board member for governance/policy concerns. Student-specific registration, attendance, grades, buses, meals, disability services or school discipline should normally begin with the school or responsible department.
Verify the live Board page because membership can change.
Check current Henry County Board members →Henry County Board meeting day, time and location
Regular day
Second Thursday of each month.
Regular time
5:00 p.m.
Usual location
Central Office Board Room, 300 N. Trawick Street, Abbeville.
Public access
The district states that meetings are open to the public.
Why you still need to verify the specific meeting
The district’s detailed 2025–26 meeting list shows that meetings can be rescheduled, moved to school campuses or held at a different time. One regular meeting in that schedule, for example, was moved to another date and a 2:00 p.m. start.
Use second Thursday as the default expectation
Do not treat it as final confirmation.
Check the district’s current meeting notice
Look for the exact date, location and start time.
Check for a reschedule or special meeting
A public notice can override the normal recurring schedule.
Use minutes and policy pages for records
Do not confuse a meeting-date page with the official minutes or adopted Board policy.
Freshness issue: the detailed Meetings page currently displays the 2025–26 meeting schedule, ending with May 14, 2026. The general Board page still provides the recurring second-Thursday/5 p.m. rule. Verify the specific 2026–27 meeting before traveling.
Minutes gap: the district’s dedicated Board Meeting Minutes page currently surfaces a 2024–25 section. Do not assume the absence of a newer minute file on that webpage means a meeting did not occur.
Open the official meeting page and recheck it close to the meeting date.
Check Henry County BOE meetings →Which Henry County school calendar should you use?
The current district navigation now exposes both a 25-26 Calendar and a separate 26-27 Calendar. For current student planning, make sure you are using the 2026–27 resource.
Use 26–27
Current school pages such as Headland Elementary explicitly link a District Calendar 2026–2027.
Avoid 25–26 confusion
The older school-year quicklink remains visible in parts of the current site.
Also check the school
Open house, athletics, parent events and campus activities may appear only on the individual school calendar.
No guessed first/last-day dates: the 2026–27 resource is currently linked by the district, but its underlying calendar asset was not consistently available for complete extraction during verification. This guide therefore does not manufacture first day, fall break, spring break or last-day dates.
Use the live district calendar as a fallback when a downloaded calendar file does not load.
Open Henry County Schools calendar →Henry County Alabama schools, grade spans and contacts
The district describes five physical schools across Abbeville and Headland. Their grade configurations are important because the two communities use different elementary/middle/high grade splits.
| School | Grades | Contact / location |
|---|---|---|
| Abbeville Elementary School | Pre-K–6 | 334-585-3679 Fax: 334-585-1122 Abbeville, AL |
| Abbeville High School | 7–12 | 334-585-2065 Fax: 334-585-6562 Abbeville, AL |
| Headland Elementary School | Pre-K–5 | 334-585-7080 305 Mitchell Street, Headland, AL 36345 |
| Headland Middle School | 6–9 | 334-585-7083 1 Martin Luther King Dr, Headland, AL 36345-1699 |
| Headland High School | 10–12 | 334-585-7086 / 334-585-7087 8 Sporman St, Headland, AL 36345 |
Why Headland looks unusual: Headland Middle serves grades 6–9 and Headland High serves grades 10–12, while Abbeville Elementary serves through grade 6 and Abbeville High begins at grade 7. Use the child’s community and assigned school rather than assuming every Alabama district uses a standard K–5 / 6–8 / 9–12 configuration.
Use the district’s school directory rather than a generic county-office contact.
Open the official Henry County schools directory →Henry County Virtual Campus is not simply a home-based online school
The district describes Henry County Virtual Campus (HCVC) as an alternative structured learning environment where students continue assigned classroom standards and work with the goal of returning successfully to their home school.
Campus hours
7:15 a.m.–2:15 p.m.
Tardy rule
The page says students not signed in and seated by 8:00 a.m. are considered tardy.
First-day orientation
A parent, guardian or designee must accompany the student for orientation.
Contact
334-585-2206 ext. 1242 or ext. 1243.
Do not interpret “Virtual Campus” as automatic remote enrollment. The current district description includes physical reporting times, drop-off/pickup instructions, campus rules and an orientation conference.
Read the current district Virtual Campus page before planning attendance.
Open Henry County Virtual Campus →How to register while parts of the district Enrollment hub are unfinished
The current district Enrollment page contains active Pre-K information but still shows “Coming Soon!” under some kindergarten and transfer sections. Families should therefore use the assigned school’s current registration instructions when the central hub does not yet provide the needed workflow.
Documents worth preparing before the appointment
This is preparation guidance—not a universal legal checklist. These details come from an official Henry County school registration page. The assigned school can have additional grade/program-specific steps, so confirm its current packet.
School-first registration examples
Abbeville Elementary
The school tells new/transfer families to call 334-585-3679 or email aesregistration@henrycountyboe.org for assistance.
Headland Middle
The counseling office recommends calling ahead because registration and withdrawal can take time and counselor availability matters.
Private-document warning: do not email custody, IEP, health, identity or residency records to an address unless school staff confirms that email is the approved submission method.
Use it for active links, but expect some sections to remain unfinished while the new site is built out.
Open Henry County enrollment →Use PowerSchool for Henry County grades and attendance
Grades
Current school pages direct parents to PowerSchool to monitor academic progress.
Attendance
PowerSchool is also used for parent access to student attendance information.
Access ID / code
If you do not have the setup ID/code, current school guidance says to contact the school office.
Old portal conflict: the district’s older Technology department page still contains InformationNow Parent Portal instructions. Current district navigation and school pages link PowerSchool, so PowerSchool should be treated as the current parent portal.
PowerSchool troubleshooting
Use the PowerSchool system currently linked by Henry County Schools.
Open Henry County PowerSchool →Henry County First Class Pre-K: verify the application year carefully
Headland Elementary currently displays a 2026–2027 Pre-K Registration heading and current age language, but the same official page retains one clearly older application-year sentence.
Age
The current HES bullets say children must be four years old on or before September 1, 2026.
Residency
The page says the child must be an Alabama resident; public-school programs may also have zoning requirements.
Enrollment documents
The current bullets identify birth certificate, proof of residence and immunization record at enrollment.
Do not copy the stale sentence: the Headland Elementary page says “2026-2027 Pre-K Registration” and uses September 1, 2026 eligibility, but also retains “Accepting online pre-registration applications for 2019-2020 school year.” That older sentence should not be treated as current.
Abbeville Elementary also retains 2025–26 Pre-K wording. For a 2026–27 application, confirm the active Alabama First Class Pre-K route before uploading private documents.
The district Enrollment page routes users to Alabama First Class Pre-K pre-registration.
Check current Henry County Pre-K enrollment →Henry County students can receive breakfast and lunch at no charge
Henry County Schools’ current public release says the district will continue participating in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) during the 2026–2027 school year.
Breakfast
Enrolled students can participate without paying a standard meal fee.
Lunch
Enrolled students can participate without paying a standard meal fee.
Application
The district says no meal application or further parent action is required for CEP participation.
Special dietary needs
The district’s current Child Nutrition area also provides an accommodation resource and Diet Prescription Form for students with applicable dietary needs.
Meal-payment page freshness: a separate Linq Connect page still references full CEP for 2025–26. For the current meal-fee answer, use the newer 2026–27 Community Eligibility Provision release.
Optional purchases: free CEP breakfast/lunch does not automatically mean snacks or other optional à la carte purchases are free.
Use the current Child Nutrition announcements/forms page.
Open Henry County Child Nutrition forms →Child Find covers Henry County children from birth through age 21
Henry County Board of Education says it is responsible for identifying, locating and evaluating children residing within its jurisdiction from birth to age 21 who may need Special Education and related services.
Identify
A family or school concern can begin the process of considering disability-related educational needs.
Locate
The district’s Child Find obligation includes children residing within its educational jurisdiction.
Evaluate
Evaluation is part of determining eligibility; a referral by itself does not guarantee a particular service or IEP.
The department page also provides Special Education rights information in English and Spanish and links IEP/meeting-related forms.
Privacy: do not upload an IEP, disability evaluation, diagnosis or medical record through an unofficial district-directory website.
Use the official Henry County Special Education department.
Open Henry County Special Education →Henry County Transportation contacts and current system facts
Students transported
More than 1,500 students each day.
Daily mileage
1,051 miles.
Route buses
34 regular route buses plus 8 spare buses.
Maintenance
Two full-time certified mechanics are described by the department.
Call with context: have the student’s school, home address, route/driver information and exact pickup/drop-off problem ready. Route-specific questions are easier to resolve than asking for a generic “Henry County bus schedule.”
Use the current district Transportation department page.
Open Henry County Transportation →Certified and classified Henry County school jobs use different routes
| Job type | How to apply | Important detail |
|---|---|---|
| Certified | Use Careers in AL K12 Education through the district’s current employment link. | Do not use the classified paper/support application for a certified vacancy. |
| Classified / support | Use Henry County’s support application. | Completed applications may be emailed, mailed or hand-delivered. |
| Substitute | Check the Available Positions/Substitute Information section. | For substitute bus driving, Transportation separately lists Shannon Giles. |
Background check and fingerprinting after recommendation
Create an AIM account
Use the Alabama education system linked by Henry County Human Resources.
Complete Background Check Registration
Finish the registration in AIM.
Create the Fieldprint account
Follow Henry County’s fingerprint-registration instructions.
Schedule and pay
The current district HR page lists a $44.95 background fee.
Attend fingerprint appointment
Report to the selected Fieldprint location at the scheduled time.
Verify before paying. Vendor/background fees can change. Confirm the current amount on the district HR page immediately before payment. Henry County currently lists 334-585-2206 ext. 1228 for questions about the process.
Start from the district Employment page so you enter the correct certified or classified workflow.
Check Henry County Board of Education jobs →Use the 2026–27 Code of Conduct and exact Board policy when rules matter
2026–27 Code of Conduct
The district has a dedicated current-year Code of Conduct page.
Attendance
Board policies include Student Attendance and Compulsory School Attendance Age.
Student records
Policies include Student Records, Directory Information and Parental Notification.
Student safety
The library includes bullying, safe-school, search, weapon and conduct policies.
Enrollment
Policies include Enrollment Requirements for Resident Students and Non-Resident Enrollment.
Technology
Policies cover internet acceptable use, data governance and system technology.
Exact-rule principle: use this guide to find the correct policy area, but use the district’s adopted policy document when a disciplinary, enrollment, records, technology or legal rule must be interpreted precisely.
Open the Henry County Board policy library.
Open Henry County Board policies →School-level information that can save a phone call
Abbeville Elementary arrival
The current AES page lists arrival at 7:10 a.m., car-rider dismissal at 2:40 p.m. and bus-rider dismissal at 2:45 p.m..
Abbeville High schedule
The current school page lists arrival at 7:20 a.m. and dismissal at 2:40 p.m.. Its bell-schedule page currently shows the fourth block ending at 2:40 p.m.
Headland Elementary Extended Day
The HES parent page says its Kindergarten–5th grade Extended Day Program operates until 5:30 p.m.. Contact the office for current participation details.
Headland High transcripts
The HHS Guidance Counselor section contains a dedicated transcript resource; school counselor Amy Sanders is currently listed at 334-585-7086 ext. 6001.
Do not copy one school’s procedure to another. Arrival, dismissal, registration, Extended Day, transcript, snack and athletics rules can be campus-specific.
Henry County Alabama vs Georgia vs Kentucky
| District | Location clue | Website / phone clue |
|---|---|---|
| Henry County, Alabama | Abbeville / Headland | henrycountyboe.org • 334-585-2206 |
| Henry County Schools, Georgia | McDonough, Georgia | henry.k12.ga.us • 770-957-6601 |
| Henry County Public Schools, Kentucky | New Castle, Kentucky | henry.kyschools.us • 502-845-8600 |
Georgia can dominate search results. Georgia’s district serves nearly 44,000 students across 53 schools, while the Alabama district covered here describes five physical schools in Abbeville and Headland. Do not borrow Georgia meeting schedules, registration portals or Board contacts.
Common Henry County school problems and the correct next step
Search opened McDonough, Georgia
Fix: verify Abbeville, Alabama and henrycountyboe.org.
You found two calendar-year links
Fix: choose the 26-27 resource for the current school year and verify the exact date.
The enrollment page says “Coming Soon”
Fix: contact the assigned school and use its current registration packet/instructions.
A page says InformationNow
Fix: use current PowerSchool links from district/school navigation.
You need the next Board meeting
Fix: second Thursday at 5 p.m. is the normal rule, but confirm the specific public notice.
Latest minutes are not visible
Fix: do not treat the currently displayed 2024–25 minutes section as proof that no newer record exists; contact the district if you need a specific record.
Registration residency proof is incomplete
Fix: prepare two proofs; the HMS checklist requires one to be a utility bill.
Your custody paper is only notarized
Fix: HMS says applicable custody documentation must be signed by a judge.
Pre-K page says 2019–20
Fix: treat that sentence as stale; verify the active 2026–27 application route.
Someone says a meal application is required
Fix: the current 2026–27 CEP release says no meal application is required for standard CEP meals.
You think Virtual Campus means remote school
Fix: read the HCVC page; it describes physical reporting hours and orientation.
Fingerprint fee differs elsewhere
Fix: verify Henry County HR immediately before payment; the current page lists $44.95.
Henry County Board of Education Alabama FAQs
Which Henry County Board of Education does this page cover?
This guide covers Henry County School District / Henry County Board of Education headquartered at 300 N. Trawick Street in Abbeville, Alabama. It does not cover Henry County Schools in McDonough, Georgia.
What is the Henry County Board of Education Alabama phone number?
The main district phone is 334-585-2206. The Central Office is at 300 N. Trawick Street, Abbeville, AL 36310.
When does the Henry County Board of Education meet?
The district says regular meetings are normally held at 5:00 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month in the Central Office Board Room unless otherwise scheduled and publicly noticed. Always verify the specific meeting.
Who are the current Henry County Alabama Board members?
The current official Board page lists Faye Shipes for District I, Tyrone Watson for District II, Jean Bush for District III, Mary Wiggins for District IV and Emanuel Davis for District V.
How many physical schools does Henry County Schools Alabama operate?
The district describes five physical schools: Abbeville Elementary, Abbeville High, Headland Elementary, Headland Middle and Headland High. It also maintains a separate Henry County Virtual Campus alternative structured learning environment.
What documents should I prepare for Henry County student registration?
An official Henry County school checklist asks families to prepare a current Alabama immunization form, two residency proofs with one utility bill, previous-school records, applicable judge-signed custody documents and IEP/504 information when relevant. Confirm the final requirements with the assigned school.
Does Henry County Schools use PowerSchool or InformationNow?
Current district navigation and school pages use PowerSchool for grades and attendance. An older Technology page still contains InformationNow wording, so current PowerSchool instructions should be followed.
Are breakfast and lunch free for 2026–27?
Yes. Henry County Schools says it continues Community Eligibility Provision participation for 2026–27, allowing enrolled students to participate in breakfast and lunch without a standard meal fee or meal application.
What ages does Henry County Child Find cover?
The district says Child Find applies to children residing within its jurisdiction from birth through age 21 who may need Special Education and related services.
How do I apply for Henry County Board of Education jobs?
Certified applicants use the Careers in AL K12 Education system linked by Henry County. Classified/support applicants use the district’s support application and can submit it according to the email, mail or hand-delivery instructions on the Employment page.
Final Henry County verification checklist
Correct district?
Look for Abbeville/Headland, Alabama and henrycountyboe.org.
Correct school year?
Prefer explicitly dated 2026–27 information over 2025–26 or older text.
Private records?
Only submit custody, identity, medical, IEP/504 or residency documents through a school-approved route.
Verified August 15, 2026: this refresh reviewed current Henry County Alabama Board, Board Members, Meetings, Board Meeting Minutes, Superintendent, district homepage/site map, Enrollment, school pages, registration guidance, PowerSchool references, Pre-K content, 2026–27 CEP information, Special Education/Child Find, Transportation, Employment, Human Resources/background checks, Board Policies, Code of Conduct and Virtual Campus resources.
Independent-site notice: BoardofEducations.org is an independent informational guide and is not Henry County Board of Education, Henry County School District or the Alabama State Department of Education. Current official district notices, policies and decisions take priority.