NEWS RELEASE
Release Date: August 31, 2009
Contact: Pete Smith Director of Communications, 601.359.1336
Mississippi Board of Education meets in Jackson
The Mississippi Board of Education met recently in Jackson and approved the following:
Approved:
•The Five-Year Strategic Plan for FY 2011 - 2015. The plan is specific in addressing the goals and priorities of the Board. It is also designed to accommodate opportunities for change and to provide guidance in directing that change. The three bold goals set by the Board of Education:
o To mobilize resources and supports to help ensure that all students exit third grade reading on grade level by 2020
o To reduce the dropout rate to 13 percent by 2013
o To reach the national average on national assessments by 2013
•The awarding of competitive grants for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program. The grants are awarded for a five year period and they are to provide academic enrichment opportunities for children, particularly students who attend high-poverty and low performing schools.
Recipients include:
o Aberdeen School District
o Amite County School District
o Bay St. Louis-Waveland School District
o Boys and Girls Club of the Gulf Coast (Partnering with Biloxi School District)
o Boys and Girls Club of the Gulf Coast (Partnering with Pass Christian School District)
o Brookhaven School District
o CHAPS, Inc. (Walthall County School District)
o CHEER, Inc. (Yazoo City School District)
o Columbus Municipal School District
o Crudup Ward Activity Center (Forest Municipal School District)
o Drew School District
o Durant School District
o Franklin County School District
o Greater North Bolivar Schools Foundation (North Bolivar School District)
o Greene County School District
o Greenville Public School District
o Jackson Public School District
o Leflore County School District
o McComb School District
o Mississippi State University
o Montgomery County School District
o Natchez Adams School District
o Okolona School District
o Our House, Inc. (Hollandale School District and Western Line School District)
o Quitman School District
o Safari L and Learning Center (West Bolivar School District)
o Shaw School District
o South Delta School District
o South Tippah/Alcorn Consortium
o Tupelo Public School District
o Winona Public School District
•The awarding of competitive grants for the Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program. These grants are awarded to local educational agencies to provide services for homeless children and youth (including preschool-age children) that will enable them to enroll, attend and succeed in school. These services included before and after school tutoring, supplemental instruction and enriched educational activities.
Recipients include:
o Alcorn County
o Corinth
o Greenville
o Hancock County
o Harrison County
o Humphreys County
o Jackson Public
o Natchez-Adams
o Noxubee County
o Simpson County
o South Delta
o Yazoo City
•To begin the Administrative Procedures Act Process: To approve the revised Student Performance Level Descriptors for the Mississippi Extended Curriculum Frameworks and the Mississippi Alternate Assessment of Extended Curriculum Frameworks for Language Arts, Mathematics and Science.
•To begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To revise State Board Policy 7610 "Subject Area Testing Appeals Process" regarding Section II: Appeal for Substitute Evaluation Process and to change the name to Section II to Appeal for a Substitute Evaluation Process and to Appeal for an Alternative Assessment as a Substitute Evaluation.
•To begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To approve Carnegie unit credit for Allied Health I/Health Science I to meeting the Health requirement for high school graduation.
•To begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To approve Endorsement Code 209 for Early Oral Intervention License for Birth-Kindergarten Hearing Impaired Children as recommended by the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure.
•To begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To approve the new School Leadership Licensure Assessment (SLLA) Examination 1011 and Proposed Passing Score as recommended by the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure
Appointed:
•Suzanne Stack Hirsch (August 13, 2009) - Executive Director of the Mississippi School of the Arts.
Recognized:
Mississippi Board of Education Chair Bill Jones (left) and Interim State Superintendent of Education Dr. John W. Jordan (far right) congratulate the students and staff members of D'Ilberville High School for receiving the Accredited Training and Educational Facility (ATEF) designation. Pictured from left: Elmer Mullins, Principal and Larry Shoemaker, Instructor
Mississippi Board of Education Chair Bill Jones (left) and Interim State Superintendent of Education Dr. John W. Jordan (far right) congratulate the students and staff members of Fallin Career and Technical Center for receiving the Accredited Training and Educational Facility (ATEF) designation. Pictured from left: Anthony Tuccio, Instructor and Linda Grafton, Director
Mississippi Board of Education Chair Bill Jones (left) and Interim State Superintendent of Education Dr. John W. Jordan (far right) congratulate the students and staff members of Greene County Vo-Tech Complex for receiving the Accredited Training and Educational Facility (ATEF) designation. Pictured from left: Dale Box, Instructor, Tom Wallace, Director and Richard Fleming, Superintendent
Mississippi Board of Education Chair Bill Jones (left) and Interim State Superintendent of Education Dr. John W. Jordan (far right) congratulate the students and staff members of Raymond Career Center for receiving the Accredited Training and Educational Facility (ATEF) designation. Pictured from left: Johnny Browder, Instructor and Samuel White, Director (retired)
Mississippi Board of Education Chair Bill Jones (left) and Interim State Superintendent of Education Dr. John W. Jordan (far right) congratulate the students and staff members of the Oxford-Lafayette School for Applied Technology for receiving the Accredited Training and Educational Facility (ATEF) designation. Pictured: Marybeth Lowrey, Director
Mississippi Board of Education Chair Bill Jones (left) and Interim State Superintendent of Education Dr. John W. Jordan (far right) congratulate the students and staff members of Tupelo High School Technical and Career Center for receiving the Accredited Training and Educational Facility (ATEF) designation. Pictured from left: Chase Betts, Instructor, Tim Wiggington, Instructor and Evet Topp, Director
Mississippi Board of Education Chairman Bill Jones (left) and Interim State Superintendent of Education Dr. John W. Jordan congratulate Shirley Williamson for being named MDE's Employee of the Month.
Next Meeting:
The next meeting of the Mississippi Board of Education (MBE) will be September 10, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. in the Board Room on the 4 th Floor of the Central High School Building, 359 North West Street , Jackson , MS . The MBE will also meet on Friday, September 11, 2009 beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the Board Room.
