JACKSON (AP) — Because they have performed poorly for three years in a row, the following 35 schools across Mississippi are eligible to be converted into public charter schools. A majority of parents would have to sign a petition that is approved by the state Board of Education to take the schools from current administrators and set up new management independent of a local school board. Here’s the list of eligible schools alphabetically by district:
Aberdeen: Shivers Middle.
Benton County: Ashland High.
Claiborne County: Port Gibson High.
Clarksdale: Clarksdale High, Higgins Middle, Oakhurst Middle, Booker T. Washington Elementary.
Cleveland: D.M. Smith Middle.
Coahoma County: Coahoma County Junior-Senior High, Friars Point Elementary.
Coffeeville: Coffeeville High.
Copiah County: Crystal Springs Middle.
Covington County: Mount Olive Attendance Center.
Greenville: Greenville-Weston High.
Hinds Agricultural: Hinds Agricultural High.
Holmes County: Lexington Elementary.
Indianola: Gentry High.
Jackson city: Whitten Middle.
Lee County: Verona Elementary.
Leflore County: Amanda Elzy High, Leflore County High.
Leland: Leland School Park.
Meridian: Carver Middle.
Moss Point: Moss Point High, Magnolia Junior High.
Natchez-Adams: Morgantown Elementary.
Newton city: Pilate Middle.
Noxubee County: Liddell Middle.
Okolona: Okolona High.
Oktibbeha County: East Oktibbeha High, West Oktibbeha High.
South Pike: Magnolia Elementary.
Walthall County: Dexter High.
Yazoo City: Yazoo City High, McCoy Elementary.
Source: Mississippi Department of Education.
