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Jackson Public Schools Launches ‘Be My Vote’ Call to Action
Jackson Public Schools released a video urging residents to vote in Mississippi’s statewide elections.
Torsheta Jackson
November 7, 2023
Jackson Public Schools released a video urging residents to vote in Mississippi’s statewide elections.
Teens, parents and mental-health professionals from across Mississippi gathered at the Teen Suicide Summit to discuss topics like suicide prevention, signs of mental illness, safe spaces for youth and the potential harms of teens using social media.
Jackson should close or consolidate 16 schools, Jackson Public Schools Superintendent Errick Greene suggested as he presented a draft optimization plan at a school board meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 3.
At a special reception hosted at the Jackson Convention Complex on Aug. 29, the City of Jackson honored Nancy Gaynor and others deemed the “unsung heroes and community champions” of the 2022 Jackson water crisis.
“Public schools are places like no other,” MAE President Erica Jones writes. “In every neighborhood in our state, they are where our children’s minds are challenged, their curiosity encouraged, their critical thinking skills sharpened, and their ambitions nurtured.”
Jackson Public School officials have disciplined more than 40 employees following an investigation into Spring 2023 testing irregularities.
“This would not be a teacher or school project alone, but it should be a local, state and federal government collaborative effort to support our students,” Rita Callahan writes.
Jackson Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Errick L. Greene announced both testing gains and an investigation into test irregularities at some schools during a press conference on Thursday.
Jackson Public Schools and partner sites use a $9 million grant from the state to provide quality early childhood education.
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