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The Holmes County Consolidated School District is facing a potential state takeover. Credit: Kayleigh Skinner/Mississippi Today

State to consider takeover of Holmes County schools
By Kate Royals - Mississippi Today, 164 Reads
Wed, 07/28/2021 - 11:36 AM
The state education department will consider a takeover of the Holmes County Consolidated School District following an investigation that found the district in violation of 81% of state accreditation standards for schools.
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Students participate in class during the first day of school at Neshoba County Central Middle School on Wednesday, August 5, 2020. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today

Teachers union calls on Reeves to mandate masks in schools
By Kate Royals - Mississippi Today, 327 Reads
Mon, 07/26/2021 - 02:00 PM
The state’s teachers union is calling on Gov. Tate Reeves to mandate masks in schools in the fall.
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State releases COVID-19 guidelines for K-12 school year
By Kate Royals - Mississippi Today, 313 Reads
Thu, 07/22/2021 - 05:36 AM
The Mississippi Department of Health on Friday released COVID-19 guidelines for K-12 schools for next school year, including recommendations for masks for unvaccinated students, teachers and staff and social distancing of 3 feet when possible.
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Holmes County Consolidated School District. Credit: File photo (Mississippi Today)

Promotion of superintendent’s daughter raises ethics questions in Holmes Co. school district
By Kate Royals - Mississippi Today, 254 Reads
Tue, 07/13/2021 - 11:14 AM
School board members for the Holmes County Consolidated School District promoted the daughter of the new superintendent from a $47,000-a-year position in the district to the director of technology, a district-level position with an annual salary of $82,920.
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Between 13-20 bus drivers for the Greenville Public School District skipped work to protest reduced pay and what they called poor work conditions. Credit: Kayleigh Skinner, Mississippi Today

Greenville officials poised to report names of bus drivers who went on strike to attorney general
By Kate Royals - Mississippi Today, 230 Reads
Wed, 06/30/2021 - 02:14 PM
Greenville school officials last week directed the school board attorney to draft information about the April bus driver strike to submit to the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office, according to attorney Dorian Turner.
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Five new charter schools vying to open in Mississippi
By Kate Royals - Mississippi Today, 651 Reads
Wed, 06/16/2021 - 03:59 PM
Five proposed charter schools advanced through the first stage of the Mississippi application process.

The first stage is considered a “completeness check,” meaning the schools have submitted the required documents in the correct format and resubmitted the proposal within 48 hours if there is missing or incomplete information.
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West Point High School officials double down on valedictorian decision after review
By Kate Royals - Mississippi Today, 712 Reads
Wed, 06/16/2021 - 11:41 AM
The West Point Consolidated School District School Board reviewed and verified that the procedure used to select two white students as valedictorian and salutatorian is the same it used each year in the prior six years, according to a statement released Tuesday by the district.
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Brittney Friday is a math teacher at Wingfield High School in Jackson.

How Jackson Public Schools tackled its teacher shortage
By Kate Royals - Mississippi Today, 2,695 Reads
Thu, 06/10/2021 - 12:17 PM
Jackson Public School District was facing a teacher shortage crisis several years ago, not unlike many districts across the state.

In Mississippi’s second largest school district, hundreds of teacher positions were unfilled, and many of the educators in the district were either uncertified or teaching outside of their content area.
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Krystal Williams and her children Cameron Jackson, 13, Camiya Jackson, 14, Camia Williams , 7, and Camarion Williams, 8, at their Canton home. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

These Mississippi schools never returned to in-person learning. Here’s what happened.
By Kate Royals - Mississippi Today, 2,529 Reads
Wed, 06/09/2021 - 10:27 AM
Last school year, Krystal Williams’ son Ca’Marion was named a “star student” in first grade at McNeal Elementary School in Canton Public School District.

In September of 2020, he was honored as a “high flying” second-grader, which recognizes students who are active in class, complete their assignments and are top performers.
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‘Not based on the race of the kids’: West Point valedictorian dispute sparks allegations of racism
By Kate Royals - Mississippi Today, 1,676 Reads
Thu, 06/03/2021 - 01:23 PM
A dispute over grade calculations at West Point High School has ignited intense community debate and allegations of racism after two Black students were initially named top of their class and later made to share the honors with white classmates.
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