NEWS RELEASE
Release Date: November 23, 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:
• Submitting a request to the Governor to lift the State of Emergency declared pursuant to Section 37-17-6 in the Jefferson Davis County School District . Pursuant to Section 37-17-6 of the Mississippi Code of 1972, as amended, when the Board determines that the deficiencies giving rise to a declaration of a state of emergency in a district have been addressed and corrected, the Board must notify the Governor and ask the Governor to declare that a state of emergency no longer exists in that district.
• A report on action of the Commission on School Accreditation concerning the assignment of district and school accreditation designations: On November 12, 2009, the Commission on School Accreditation approved the assignment of district accreditation statuses (based on compliance with process standards) and district and school performance classifications following established procedures outlined in the current edition of Mississippi Public School Accountability Standards and in accordance with Accreditation Policy 2.1 and 3.1.
• To begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To revise State Board Policy 902-GED Option Guidelines. The Mississippi code of 1972 Annotated authorized school districts in Mississippi to provide a program of GED preparatory instruction as a part of the Alternative Education Program.
• To adopt a State Board Policy defining “inordinately large” as that term is used in Section 37-151-103(3) to determine average daily attendance as a result of epidemic, natural disaster or any concerted activity discouraging school attendance under the Mississippi Adequate Education Program. This policy has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with no public comment.
• The Carnegie unit credit for Management, Year 1 (Vocational) and Marketing & Economics, Year 1 (Vocational) to meet the Economics (Academic) and Personal Finance (Academic) requirements for high school graduation. It has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with no public comment.
Appointed:
Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science Advisory Board
• Mr. Mickey Gousett (Layperson) – Term Expires December 2012 (1 st Term)
• Dr. Cherie Labat (Practicing Secondary School Principal) – Term Expires December 2012 (1 st Term)
• Mr. Iris Myles (Practicing School Counselor) – Term Expires December 2011 (1 st Term)
Recognized:
Mississippi Board of Education Chair Bill Jones (left) and Interim State Superintendent of Education Dr. John W. Jordan (right) congratulate the administrators, teachers and students of Center Hill Elementary School, DeSoto County School District for being named a 2009 United States Department of Education Blue Ribbon School. Representing Center Hill from left to right: Ann Jolly, Rebecca Dearden and Milton Kuykendall.
Mississippi Board of Education Chair Bill Jones (left) and Interim State Superintendent of Education Dr. John W. Jordan (right) congratulate the administrators, teachers and students of D'Iberville Elementary School, Harrison County School District for being named a 2009 United States Department of Education Blue Ribbon School. Representing D'Iberville from left to right: Henry Arledge, Dana Trochessett, Celonne Keel, Cindy Nielsen, Amy Lechner and Stephanie Shoemake.
Mississippi Board of Education Chair Bill Jones (left) and Interim State Superintendent of Education Dr. John W. Jordan (right) congratulate the administrators, teachers and students of Rankin Elementary School, Tupelo Public School District for being named a 2009 United States Department of Education Blue Ribbon School. Representing Rankin from left to right: Glenda Scott, Brenda Johnson and Diana Ezell.
Mississippi Board of Education Chair Bill Jones (left) and Interim State Superintendent of Education Dr. John W. Jordan (right) congratulate the administrators, teachers and students of Long Beach Middle School, Long Beach School District for being named a 2009 United States Department of Education Blue Ribbon School. Representing Long Beach from left to right: Dr. Jim Hamilton, Carroyln Hamilton and Mary Jean Harvey.
Mississippi Board of Education Chairman Bill Jones (left) and Interim State Superintendent of Education Dr. John W. Jordan congratulate Mary Bobbitt for being named MDE's Employee of the Month. Also pictured: Ellen Burnham left and Audrey Shaifer right.
Next Meeting:
The next meeting of the Mississippi Board of Education (MBE) will be December 17, 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, December 18, 2009 beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the Board Room.
