Caledonia schools moving on from Confederate mascot
Caledonia schools are changing the name of their sports teams from the Confederates.
LCSD to start school ‘hybrid’, then move to fully in-person by Aug. 20
Lowndes County School District plans to start the school year with a hybrid learning method, then return to a fully in-person traditional method after two weeks.
LCSD researches changing Confederate mascot
Lowndes County School District Superintendent Sam Allison will work with administration at Caledonia schools to gather opinions about the school’s Confederate mascot for the board to review.
Those opinions could conceivably result in a future change in the schools’ mascot.
Caledonia, West Lowndes hire new boys basketball coaches
Additionally, Columbus softball coach Eric Thornton has left for another position.
Testimony concludes in LCSD teacher hearing
The second day of the hearing surrounding Lowndes County School District teacher Melissa Suddith’s ability to keep her job has drawn to an end after three more witnesses testified on the non-renewal of her contract Thursday morning.
Possible illegal recordings, child exploitation claim at center of teacher’s fight to get her job back
A would-be open hearing for a Lowndes County School District teacher trying to keep her job was largely held behind closed doors Wednesday as much of the testimony dealt with private matters involving at least two students.
LCSD will not renew business manager’s contract
The Lowndes County School District board decided not to renew the contract of Business Manager Kenneth Hughes as the district remains caught up in the middle of a third-party audit of its finances.
West Lowndes boys basketball coach Donta Yates won’t return next season
The Lowndes County School District will not renew Yates’ contract, which is set to expire May 22.
LCSD weighs whether to tie West campus to Prairie Land sewer service
Lowndes County School District’s board members are still weighing whether to turn over wastewater treatment at its West Lowndes facilities to Prairie Land Water Association.
On Friday, though, the question seemed to be more of “when” than “if.”
Soft Skills University prepares students to enter workforce
At least one of Lu McCrary’s interviews Wednesday did not go well.
He fist-bumped the interviewer rather than shaking her hand, wore a backward baseball cap and sunglasses, told the interviewer he was “taking a break from life” and offered to show her his tattoos.
LCSD seeks cause of 100-plus roof leaks at New Hope High
The roof at the 2-year-old New Hope High School building has leaked as many as 115 times, 38 of which are confirmed splits in the roofing material, project architect Joey Henderson told Lowndes County School board members during a special-call meeting Tuesday evening.
Three LCSD teachers sue school board over bullying, hostile work environment
Three Lowndes County School District teachers have filed a petition against the school board in chancery court, claiming board members have not adequately dealt with the teachers’ allegations of bullying by district administrators.
Supes approve purchase of multi-purpose floor at Crawford gym
The Crawford Elementary School gym is getting a new floor. But not the kind its district county supervisor Jeff Smith would like to see.
Independent auditor finds paperwork deficiencies at LCSD
The CPA handling Lowndes County School District’s financial audit declared the district’s audit “clean” during the board’s regular meeting Friday, but not without raising several examples of incorrect filing procedures and information missing from board meeting minutes — the latter of which had board members questioning Business Officer Kenneth Hughes as to whether he had presented certain expenses to them at all.
Ethics Commission: LCSD board did not violate open meetings act
The Mississippi Ethics Commission ruled Friday that the Lowndes County School District Board of Trustees did not violate the open meetings law when it held superintendent interviews behind closed doors, with only 15 handpicked citizens allowed to attend.
Area school districts emphasize WorkKeys
Columbus High School Principal Craig Chapman tells a story about a particular student who swung by his office to ask, “When are the industries visiting?”
The student, one of the school’s 202 seniors, had taken the WorkKeys exam, a workforce readiness test similar in format to the more academic-oriented ACT, and was now excited to meet representatives from area industries planning to visit the schools.
New LCSD superintendent contract being finalized
Lowndes County School District is finalizing contract details with incoming superintendent Sam Allison.
LCSD to borrow up to $2.6M to make payroll
For the second straight year, Lowndes County School District must borrow money to make December payroll.
Sam Allison hired as LCSD superintendent
New Hope Middle School Principal Sam Allison will get a big promotion Jan. 1.
Dispatch files open meetings complaint against Lowndes school district
The Dispatch has filed an open meetings act complaint against the Lowndes County School District Board following an executive session Tuesday evening that only select members of the public were allowed to attend.