NEWS RELEASE
Release Date: July 27, 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:
•Endorsed the recommendations and initiatives presented in a report on African American Males in College. Dr. Larry Day of the Mississippi State Board for Community and Junior Colleges and Dr. Reginald Sykes of the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning presented the report to the Mississippi Board of Education.
Recommendations are as follows:
-To craft a model for data collection, database development and analysis that will form the content of recommendations on policies and programs directed for the African American Males in College Initiative
-To use data and analysis to determine what programs work (i.e. best practices) and those that do not work
-To review steps, programs and procedures that lead to successful college-level matriculation of African American males
-To identify essential social resources that measure success (i.e. financial and human) and to identify social determinations that impede successful collegiate-level matriculation
•To begin the Administrative Procedures Act Process: To approve a
policy to prescribe the information and format required to be included
in the development and publication of an annual report as required by
Senate Bill 2628, the Children First Act of 2009. There are three categories of information which shall be included in the Annual Reports: General Information, Testing /Achievement Information and Budget Information.
•The revision to the Licensure Guidelines for American Board Certification (ABCTE) Alternate Route to amend the mentoring requirements as recommended by the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure Development.
•A proposal from Vocational Education for New Occupational and Technical Competencies for Vocational Licensure as recommended by the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure Development.
•The four new Praxis II Subject Area Exams and Cut Scores as recommended by the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure Development. The recommendations from the subcommittee for passing scores on the new test are:
Economics (test 0910) - 490
Health Education (test 0550) - 600
Latin (test 0600) - 610
Physical Science (test 0481) - 147
•To allocate funds to school sites under the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program. These funds are used to promote the consumption fresh fruits and vegetables in schools. Grants will be awarded to schools that have the greatest percentage of free and reduced eligible students.
2009 - 2010 USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program Grant Recipients
• Aberdeen Middle and Elementary School, Aberdeen
• Belle Elementary School, Aberdeen
• Long Creek Elementary, Attala City Schools
• Ashland Elementary, Benton City School
• Canton Elementary, Canton
• McNeal Elementary, Canton
• Nichols Middle School, Canton
• Booker T. Washington Elementary, Clarksdale
• Heidelberg Elementary, Clarksdale
• Higgins Middle School, Clarksdale
• J.W. Stampley Elementary, Clarksdale
• Myrtle Hall #4 Elementary, Clarksdale
• West Clay Elementary, Clay County
• Friars Point Elementary, Coahoma County
• Jonestown Elementary, Coahoma County
• Lyon Elementary, Coahoma County
• Earl Travillion Attendance Center, Forrest County
• Threadgill Elementary, Greenwood Public
• Williams Elementary, Greenwood, Public
• Chambers Middle, Hollandale
• Goodman-Pickens Elementary, Holmes County
• Lexington Elementary, Holmes County
• Mileston Elementary, Holmes County
• IDA Greene Elementary Cafe. Humphreys County
• O.M. McNair Upper Elementary, Humphreys County
• Lockard Elementary, Indianola
• Baker Magnet, Jackson
• Barr Elementary, Jackson
• Bradley Elementary, Jackson
• Brinkley Middle, Jackson
• Brown Elementary, Jackson
• Dawson Elementary, Jackson
• French Elementary, Jackson
• George Elementary, Jackson
• John Hopkins Elementary, Jackson
• Key Elementary, Jackson
• Lake Elementary, Jackson
• Lee Elementary, Jackson
• Poindexter Elementary, Jackson
• Raines Elementary, Jackson
• Rowan Middle, Jackson
• Watkins Elementary, Jackson
• Jefferson County Elementary, Middle and Junior , Jefferson County
• West Kemper Elementary, Kemper
• South Leake Elementary, Leake
• Carver Middle, Meridian
• Harris Lower Elementary, Meridian
• I.T. Montgomery Elementary, Mound Bayou
• Frazier, Joe L. Primary, Natchez-Adams
• West Oktibbeha County Elementary, Oktibbeha
• McEvans School, Shaw
• South Delta Elementary, South Delta
• Eva Gordan and Magnolia Elementary, South Pike
• Tunica County Elementary, Tunica
• Tunica Middle, Tunica
• R.H. Bearden Elementary, West Tallahatchie
• The preliminary estimate of the Mississippi Adequate Education Program based student cost for fiscal year 2011.
• The preliminary estimate of the Mississippi Adequate Education Program for fiscal year 2011.
Appointed:
• Sandra Edwards - Superintendent of the Mississippi School for the Deaf.
• The Commission on School Accreditation
Congressional District I
Kevin Eubank - Non-Educator, first four-year term.
Recognized:
Mississippi Board of Education Chair Bill Jones (left) and Deputy State Superintendent of Instructional Programs Dr. Kris Kaase (far right) congratulate Bryan Caldwell, Principal of Bayou View Middle School for being named a U.S. Department of Education 2008 Blue Ribbon School.
Mississippi Board of Education Chair Bill Jones (left) and Deputy State Superintendent of Instructional Programs Dr. Kris Kaase (far right) congratulate the students and staff members of Davis Magnet School being named a U.S. Department of Education 2008 Blue Ribbon School. Pictured from left: Dr. Rosie Payton and Principal Dr. Jane Everly.
Mississippi Board of Education Chair Bill Jones (left) and Deputy State Superintendent of Instructional Programs Dr. Kris Kaase (far right) congratulate the students and staff members of Oak Grove Middle School for being named a U.S. Department of Education 2008 Blue Ribbon School. Pictured from left: Candice Aycock, Tess Smith and Principal Terry Ingram.
Mississippi Board of Education Chair Bill Jones (left) and Deputy State Superintendent of Instructional Programs Dr. Kris Kaase (far right) congratulate the students and staff members of Poplarville High School for being named a U.S. Department of Education 2008 Blue Ribbon School. Pictured from left: Dr. Marlene Cole and Principal Ms Ilene Davis.
Mississippi Board of Education Chair Bill Jones (left) and Deputy State Superintendent of Instructional Programs Dr. Kris Kaase (right) congratulate Erin Fortenberry for being named the 2009 Mississippi Virtual Public School Teacher of the Year.
Mississippi Board of Education Chairman Bill Jones (left) and Chief Deputy Superintendent Martez Hill congratulate Melissa Hall for being named MDE's Employee of the Month.
Next Meeting:
The next meeting of the Mississippi Board of Education (MBE) will be August 20, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. in the Board Room on the 4th Floor of the Central High School Building, 359 North West Street, Jackson, MS. The MBE will also meet on Friday, August 21, 2009 beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the Board Room.
