Fernandez named Assistant Coordinator of Accountability and Innovative Programs

MADISON – A familiar personality in Madison City Schools has accepted a new position for the district.

Karl Fernandez, formerly Principal at Rainbow Elementary School, has been named MCS Assistant Coordinator of Accountability and Innovative Programs.

“Not only is this a new position for me, but it’s a new position for the district. And like with any new position, there will be an expected learning curve for sure, but I greatly welcome it,” he said.

“I’m just excited about this opportunity to support more schools within our district, while utilizing the knowledge and experience as a school leader within this new role,” Fernandez said. “Any feedback I receive from staff will always be utilized to develop ways to improve our practices in our district.”

“As Assistant Coordinator of Accountability and Innovative Programs, I will be supporting various departments at Central Office, but predominantly Instruction, to include STEM, science, art and world languages,” Fernandez said. He also will assist other areas, like federal programs.

“Before my principalship at Rainbow in 2021, I started working for Madison City Schools in 2016 as Assistant Principal at Mill Creek Elementary,” Fernandez said. Before MCS assignments, he taught science for eight years at Sparkman High School.

From working as Rainbow’s principal, Fernandez is proud of the school’s record. “Rainbow recently earned a State Report Card grade of 96, which speaks to our student successes in the areas of academic achievement and growth, chronic absenteeism, and progress in English language or EL learner proficiency,” he said.

“I am married with two children: Isla, who will be going to kindergarten this upcoming school year here in Madison City, and Graham, who will be a junior at Sparkman High School,” Fernandez said.

Like many MCS students, Fernandez was a military dependent as a child. He lived in four states (California, New York, Texas and Alabama) and three countries (Germany, Italy and Guam).

“I truly understand the challenges of being a military child (with all the moving the military had my family do). I had been through four elementary schools, two middle schools and three high schools before I graduated at Guam High School, a Department of Defense school,” Fernandez said.