BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Islamic Academy of Alabama notified Hoover city officials late Friday they will not pursue approval from the Hoover City Council to relocate their school to a building in Meadow Brook Office Park, school officials told Alabama Daily News.
That decision follows a Hoover Planning and Zoning Commission’s vote Monday recommending denial of the school’s conditional use application.
Academy attorney Lucas Gambino said school officials lost faith in the city’s review process, citing the series of new concerns raised late in the process. He told ADN they no longer believed Hoover officials would evaluate the application objectively, particularly after the Nov. 21 questions and the tone of Monday’s meeting…