Back to School Institute Welcomes Teachers, Administrators, and Staff Members Ahead of... Compiled From Online ReportsBirmingham City Schools welcomed hundreds of teachers, administrators, and staff members back for the upcoming school year Friday during its annual Back to School Institute. The district’s back-to-school prep rally focused on celebrating educators and ensuring staff are ready for the new term. “We’re looking at some of our preliminary data and Hayes K-8 has made some gains on their test scores. Also, we reduced our F’s from 15 to 1 and reduced our chronic absenteeism from 49% to right around 11%.