by Associated Press Published: June 18,2013
Tags: COST, education, educator, elementary education, funding, misappropriation, party, public education, public school, school, school district, school superintendent, secondary education, travel expanses
COLUMBUS — City schools superintendent Martha Liddell has been fired. The action came in a 3-2 vote of the Columbus school board. No interim superintendent was named. Controversy has surrounded Liddell after questions were raised about her use of district funds and personnel for a private party and excessive travel. Liddell had said she reimbursed [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 31,2013
Tags: athletics, damage, destruction, education, elementary school, high school, public education, public school, repair, school, secondary education, sports, tornado, Weather, wind
HATTIESBURG — The lingering effects of the Feb. 10 tornado are still visible at the two local high school campuses that were hit the hardest. Hattiesburg High and Oak Grove continue to pick up the pieces, and according to officials from both schools, headway is being made every day. Willie Burton, director of maintenance at [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 31,2013
Tags: court, education, elementary education, embezzle, embezzlement, embezzler, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, legal, principal, public education, school, school principal, secondary education, trial
HERNANDO — Former Olive Branch Middle School principal Mike McCoy, who was indicted on conspiracy and embezzlement charges, will be now be tried in August. The Commercial Appeal reports McCoy’s trial was scheduled for trial next week. McCoy’s trial date is now set for Aug. 19 in DeSoto County Circuit Court in Hernando. If he [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 15,2013
Tags: board, education, elementary education, graduate, graduation, graduation rate, public education, public school, school, school rating, secondary education
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Graduation rates will make a difference this year in how Mississippi high schools and school districts are rated. The state Board of Education is likely today to seek public comment on a plan to add four-year graduation rates to the numerical formula that rates high schools and school districts. The board is [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 13,2013
Tags: bill, Charter school, education, elementary education, law, lawmaker, legislation, legislative, legislator, Legislature, public education, public school, school, school district, secondary education, state government
JACKSON — In their latest plan to improve Mississippi public schools, state senators are offering a compromise on requirements to become a teacher and doing away with a proposal to make it easier for the state to take over troubled schools. The Senate voted 28-23 to approve its version of House Bill 890. It includes [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 11,2013
Tags: damage, destruction, education, elementary education, elementary school, high school, junior high school, public education, public school, school, school district, secondary education, tornado, Weather
HATTIESBURG — Hattiesburg Public School District officials still are finding damage from the Feb.10 tornado that struck Forrest and Lamar counties. The Hattiesburg American reports an assessment of the destruction at the transportation center has revealed 90 percent of the district’s vehicles were damaged. Superintendent James Bacchus said it is estimated there was about $80,000 in [...] [...]
COLUMBUS — Lowndes County Schools Superintendent Lynn Wright wants to locate all vocational-technical programs on a central campus. The Commercial Dispatch reports Wright told the board of supervisors this week that Lowndes County is one of a few school districts that do not have a centralized vocational center. “We have put some plans together to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 26,2013
Tags: architect, architecture, build, builder, building, construction, education, high school, public education, public school, school, secondary education
OXFORD — Framework is in place and brickwork is progressing on the new Oxford High School. Tim Prewitt, who oversees the work for Eley Guild Hardy, the school district’s architecture firm for the project, tells the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal the project’s January 2014 opening target is still doable. Oxford School Board members voted yesterday [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 29,2013
Tags: agency, appropriation, audit, auditing, auditor, education, elementary school, funding, high school, junior high school, lawmaker, legislation, legislative, legislator, Legislature, public education, public school, school, school ffunding, secondary education, state government
JACKSON — Mississippi Auditor Stacey Pickering is calling on lawmakers to write new, stricter rules on computing how much state money goes to local schools. The Republican told the House Appropriations Committee he can’t approve the Mississippi Adequate Education Program formula, as required by law, because his office has found unreliable numbers on attendance, students [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 29,2013
Tags: bench, decision, desegregate, desegregation, education, elementary education, elementary school, equality, federal government, high school, judge, judicial, judiciary, junior high school, justice, plan, public education, public school, race, ruling, school, school district, secondary education, segreagate, segregation
CLEVELAND — A federal judge has rejected a desegregation plan submitted by the Cleveland School District that relied on creation of magnet programs to attract whites to schools that are predominately black. The Bolivar Commercial reports U.S. District Judge Glen H. Davidson’s ruling came this past week. In Cleveland, two middle schools and two high [...] [...]
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