{"id":12,"date":"2013-12-08T20:07:39","date_gmt":"2013-12-08T20:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/woodlandhillstuscaloosa.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2026-04-13T10:58:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T15:58:02","slug":"community-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/woodlandhillstuscaloosa.org\/wordpress\/community-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Woodland Hills Area Schools<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Woodland Hills&#8217; elementary and secondary students are served by<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tuscaloosacityschools.com\/pages\/Tuscaloosa_City_SchoolDistrict\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tuscaloosa City Schools.<\/a> Thanks to recent restructuring of all Tuscaloosa City Schools, our children&#8217;s schools are now conveniently located in east Tuscaloosa.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/woodlandhillstuscaloosa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/TCS_Arcadia.png\"><br \/>\n<\/a>Grades K &#8211; 5 attend <a href=\"http:\/\/arc.tuscaloosacityschools.com\/pages\/Arcadia_Elementary_School\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arcadia Elementary<\/a>\u00a0located on Arcadia Drive about 1.7 miles from Woodland Hills. Arcadia Elementary offers an excellent after-school program until 5:30 PM.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Grades 6 &#8211; 8 attend <a href=\"http:\/\/ems.tuscaloosacityschools.com\/pages\/Eastwood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eastwood Middle School<\/a> located on Buttermilk Road about 3 miles from Woodland Hills. This is a new facility that was opened in January 2003.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Grades 9 &#8211; 12 attend the <a href=\"http:\/\/bhs.tuscaloosacityschools.com\/pages\/PWBHS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul W. Bryant High School <\/a>which opened in August 2003. Bryant High is located across the street from the new Eastwood Middle School off Buttermilk Road.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Tuscaloosa Board of Education is elected by BOE Districts. Woodland Hills is in BOE District 6. Our District representative on the Board is Marvin Lucas. Marvin Lucas can be reached via email at <a href=\"mailto:Mlucas@tusc.k12.al.us\">Mlucas@tusc.k12.al.us<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Local and State Government<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The City of Tuscaloosa is located in West Alabama on the Black Warrior River, 57 miles southwest of Birmingham. Tuscaloosa is the county seat of 1,340 square mile Tuscaloosa County, which also includes the municipalities of Northport and Brookwood. The City&#8217;s 114,288 inhabitants (2024) represent nearly half of Tuscaloosa County&#8217;s 241,212 population.<\/p>\n<p>Tuscaloosa has a mayor-council form of municipal government. The mayor is elected at-large by all city voters, while voters in each district elect the seven district council members. Mr. Walter Maddox is the Mayor.<\/p>\n<p>Woodland Hills is located in City District 6. \u00a0Our current (as of March 2025) District 6 representative is John Faile. \u00a0The contact information for the Mayor and Councilman can be found at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tuscaloosa.com\/Government\/City-Council\/index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City of Tuscaloosa City Council website<\/a> while other information is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tuscaloosa.com\/\">the City&#8217;s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can download a map of Tuscaloosa showing all <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tuscaloosa.com\/Assets\/City-Council\/District_All.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">District boundaries<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Woodland Hills is in the Tuscaloosa County Commission District 3. Information on our County Commission District, and our representative Mark Nelson, is available at <a title=\"County Commission web page.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tuscco.com\/government\/county-officials\/county-commission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Discrict 3 web page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Information on Tuscaloosa County is available at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tuscco.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">County&#8217;s website.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>State House of Representatives, District 63<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislature.state.al.us\/aliswww\/Representative.aspx?OID_SPONSOR=85977&amp;OID_PERSON=6679\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Norman Crow<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislature.state.al.us\/aliswww\/House\/2014_House_districts.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House District Map<\/a><\/p>\n<p>State Senate Representative<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislature.state.al.us\/aliswww\/Senator.aspx?NAME=Allen&amp;OID_SPONSOR=85897&amp;OID_PERSON=1014&amp;SESSNAME=First%20Special%20Session%202015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Gerald Allen<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislature.state.al.us\/aliswww\/Senate\/2014_senate_districts.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate District Map<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>United States Congress<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sewell.house.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">US House of Representatives District 7 Terri Sewell (D &#8211; Birmingham)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shelby.senate.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United States Senate Katie Britt (R &#8211; Montgomery)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sessions.senate.gov\/public\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United States Senate Tommy Tuberville (R &#8211; Auburn)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Woodland Hills Area Schools Woodland Hills&#8217; elementary and secondary students are served by Tuscaloosa City Schools. Thanks to recent restructuring of all Tuscaloosa City Schools, our children&#8217;s schools are now conveniently located in east Tuscaloosa. 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