the board also voted in may to have alabaster officially separate from shelby county schools on july 1, 2013. out-of-town students currently attending what would become alabaster schools will be slowly transferred to county schools through 2020. out-of-town students in sixth grade for the 2013–14 school year will be permitted to stay through 12th grade. alabaster students attending the linda nolen learning center in pelham will continue attending it until 2020 and those attending the shelby county school of technology in columbiana will be able to stay through graduation. the only unresolved matter was what to do with the shelby county instructional services center located in alabaster, as both systems wanted to keep it. that matter will therefore be decided by the alabama superintendent of education's office.