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June 2025 | Volume 16 | Issue 3
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THE NEW PLAYBOOK The college sports market has changed — and high school athletes are paying the price. As NIL money and transfer culture reshape recruiting, Sports Editor Kyle Parmley examines how even the best local players are dealing with new challenges.
For aspiring prospects like Mountain Brook’s Caleb Barnett, the new landscape of college sports creates uncertainty. Staff photo.
See THE NEW PLAYBOOK | page 26
Foundation nears goal of $1 million in annual school grants
The Mountain Brook City Schools Foundation’s annual Track Meet event brings together Mountain Brook elementary school students to compete in the fundraising event. The 2025 track meet raised $87,000. Photo courtesy of The Mountain Brook City Schools Foundation.
By SARAH OWENS The Mountain Brook City Schools Foundation has raised nearly $5.5 million since launching its “Fund Our Future: Endowing Student Success” campaign, moving significantly closer to its long-term goal of granting $1 million annually to Mountain Brook Schools. Launched in August 2024, the campaign initially aimed to raise $3 million by the end of 2025, increasing the foundation’s endowment to
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$15 million. But community support exceeded expectations. By December 2024 — during the campaign’s silent phase — the foundation had already reached that $3 million milestone. Campaign co-chairs Caroline Little and Mary Catherine Pritchett, both Mountain Brook High School graduates from the Class of 1997, helped guide the effort.
See SCHOOLS FOUNDATION | page 27
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Summer Fun
Who’s Hungry?
Explore ways to have fun and stay cool in Mountain Brook all summer long.
Mountain Brook father-son duo serve free food out of the Who’s Hungry Food Truck.
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