What Constitutes a State of Emergency in a School District?
October 5, 2017
By Rosemary G. Aultman, Chair, Mississippi State Board of Education
Members of the Mississippi State Board of Education have received numerous questions about the Board’s determination on Sept. 14 that a state of emergency exists in the Jackson Public School District. Citing the state law that outlines the three possible reasons for declaring a state of emergency will hopefully provide clarity as to the Board's actions. Any one of these three conditions constitute an emergency situation:
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MDE Releases School, District Performance Grades for 2016-17 School Year
October 19, 2017
JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) today released letter grades for schools and districts based on Mississippi’s A-F accountability system that evaluates how schools and districts performed in the 2016-17 school year.
District grades for 2016-17 include 15 “A” districts, 43 “B” districts, 43 “C” districts, 36 “D” districts and 9 “F” districts.
The Mississippi State Board of Education approved the 2016-17 accountability results during its Oct. 19 Board meeting.