School districts monitor leases
by Associated Press Published: May 24,2010
Tags: 16th Section land, Forrest County School District, Harold Edwin Simmons, HATTIESBURG, Jas N Smith, Lamar County School District, Mississippi Forestry Commission, Poplarville School District, Rick Norton, Saucier
HATTIESBURG — South Mississippi school districts have not been lax when it comes to keeping tabs on their 16th Section land. “We do monitor it very closely,” said Ben Burnett, Lamar County School District superintendent. “It’s something that we’ve improved upon a good bit, as far as our collections, and it’s an important revenue source [...] [...]

