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Capital City residents to pay more taxes to support schools

Associated Press — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 15:10:58 +0000

JACKSON — Jackson residents will soon pay more in taxes supporting the city’s school district. When 81 percent of voters in 2006 approved a $150 million bond issue to build more schools and improve others, it meant they were willing to have property taxes raised to pay that debt. But city leaders didn’t raise taxes [...]

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Board to name House interim state superintendent of education

Associated Press — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:27:43 +0000

JACKSON — The Mississippi Board of Education plans to name Lynn House as interim state superintendent today. The board chose House, now deputy superintendent for instructional enhancement and internal operations, following a closed meeting yesterday. It will formally ratify the choice today. House, 60, will replace Tom Burnham, who announced earlier this month that he [...]

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School superintendent’s resignation accepted during emergency board meeting

Associated Press — Tue, 15 May 2012 16:52:10 +0000

GREENVILLE — Harvey Franklin Sr., superintendent of the Greenville Public School District, has resigned. The Delta Democrat Times reports the school board accepted the resignation during an emergency meeting today. Franklin’s resignation is effective immediately Deputy superintendent Leeson Taylor II has been named “acting interim superintendent” until June 30, the end of the district’s fiscal [...]

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Board rejects all bids for construction of new school

Associated Press — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:04:45 +0000

OXFORD — The Oxford School Board has rejected all bids for the construction of the new high school. The high school’s construction is the centerpiece of the district’s building program. Schools Superintendent Brian Harvey tells the Oxford Eagle the board has no authority to negotiate with any contractor and can only accept the project as [...]

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Legislators approve bill moving start of school year

Associated Press — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:49:10 +0000

JACKSON — Mississippi public schools would be required to start on the third Monday or later under a measure moving through the Legislature. The state Senate voted 29-21 for House Bill 707 yesterday. Under the bill, the earliest possible school day would be anywhere from Aug. 15 to Aug. 21. The House had mandated a [...]

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Senate passes bill allowing for appointed school superintendents

Associated Press — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:23:40 +0000

JACKSON — Mississippi’s local school superintendents would have to be appointed by 2016, unless voters opt to keep electing their local chief, under a bill the Senate passed yesterday. Another bill would require the state Department of Education to rate schools and school districts on an “A” to “F” scale, instead of the current seven-step [...]

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