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Cranford H. Burns Middle School Mission Statement The mission of Cranford H. Burns Middle School is to provide a quality education in a safe, positive environment and to foster a sense of self-worth that will enable all students to become skilled and productive members of society. " A caring community School with dedicated public servants giving every child every chance"
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Cranford Burns Middle School opened the fall of 1998. From the beginning, our goal has been and will continue to be, to offer students a challenging curriculum to ultimately prepare them for lifelong success. The Burns faculty is structured to accommodate the academic needs our students, school goals and vision. The teaching staff is strong, with many master teachers among faculty members. The leadership and faculty have continued to play an integral role in the continued success of Burns Middle School. Our classrooms will be 21st Century classrooms by fall of 2010 with Smartboard technology in all core classes. Burns Middle School has been successful in offering a wide range of regular, advanced, EYE ( engaging youth in engineering), math & reading intervention classes, and special classes to meet student special needs. Students leave Burns prepared to meet the academic challenges of high school and work force development.. The elective program offers a range of choices in fine arts including band, chorus, jazz band, and art. Along with a variety of class offerings, students have the opportunity to experience sports and other extra-curricula activities through clubs and other organizations. Statewide diagnostic tests (SAT10), ARMT,Accelerated Reader STAR, SSR ,Orchard Math, Read XL, Voyage Math, Bookette.com, Web-Quest and other educational evaluation tools are available to students to enhance academic performance. On average, Burns Middle School scored above the national average on diagnostic test. We are pleased to announce that in the upcoming school year, the Making Middle Schools Work will continue for the secind year in all classes across all grade levels. The school wide goals will also include strengthening writing and reading skills. Burns received SACS accreditation in the spring of 2006 in the school improvement process with high commendations in teacher instruction, Art and technology. In addition, our school’s vision is connecting school, parents and community on every level. At Cranford Burns Middle School, we will continue to “Blaze the Trail…. and Build the Future.”
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Dr. Cranford Herman Burns
Assistant Superintendent/Superintendent
(July 1, 1907 - July 30, 1996)
For nearly two decades, Dr. Cranford Herman Burns served the Mobile County Public School System in the top position as the superintendent. A native of Cullman, Alabama, Dr. Burns was born July 1, 1907, in a small farm community in Cullman County, Alabama. He was reared in a large family and was one of eight children. Young Cranford went to public school, and during that time there was no nine-month school term until he reached high school. It was when he reached college that he looked back on his childhood and realized the handicaps which are created from inadequate educational opportunities. From that point Cranford Burns decided to make education his life's work.
Cranford Burns graduated from Cullman High School in the class of 1927. He attended Trevecca College in Nashville, Tennessee from 1928-1930. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in education from the University of Alabama in 1936, and his Master's degree in school administration at the University of Alabama in 1941. He received a Doctorate of Education degree in school administration at Teacher's College, Columbia University, New York in 1948. In order to receive his graduate degrees he attended summer school for eleven straight summers, working the rest of the year at a full-time position.
Cranford Burns held positions as a teacher, coach, principal, and supervisor in the Cullman County Public Schools from 1930 through 1944. From 1944-45 he was principal at Jackson County High School in Scottsboro, Alabama, 1945-46 he was director of guidance services, Extension Division at the University of Alabama. From 1946-47 he was in school at Columbia University. From 1948-52 he became assistant superintendent in charge of Curriculum and Instruction in the Mobile County Public School System. During August of 1952 he was elected to the position of superintendent in the Mobile County Public School System, a position he held until he resigned in 1970. Under the leadership of Dr. Burns, many changes occurred in the Mobile County Public School System. He increased the guidance counselor services. Every school is visited by a school nurse ten times a year. Psychological services were added for all students. One of his most outstanding achievements was his upgrading of the teaching personnel of the system. Ten years after Dr. Burns took office, ninety percent of teachers possessed teaching degrees, whereas before, according to Charles E. McNeal, president of the Board of School Commissioners, only 66.7 percent of teachers had their teaching degrees.
Dr. Burns was married to Dorothy Reinstadler of Cullman, Alabama, and they became parents of two children, Caroline and James. He was a member of the Dauphin Way United Methodist Church and is buried in the Cullman Cemetery in Cullman, Alabama. Our school was named in his honor in 1996 and shortly later construction began. The school doors of Cranford H. Burns Middle School opened in the fall of 1998.
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