HOMEWOOD – “You are the realization of an idea, a vision, a 27-year history filled with an abundance of success.”
On what would otherwise be an ordinary night celebrating the end of a school year, Shelby County Schools Superintendent Dr. Lewis Brooks stood in front of the Oak Mountain High School class of 2026 and uttered those words before seniors crossed the stage to receive their diplomas.
In 1998 on Caldwell Mill Road, a portable trailer and some equipment sat on a plot of land, ready to begin construction on Shelby County’s newest high school at the time. Inside the trailer was the first principal of Oak Mountain High School, Randy Fuller, and his secretary, Cheryl Thomas…