District 37 House candidates outline campaign priorities
With two weeks before election day, Lynn Wright and David Chism continue to hit the campaign trail in Lowndes County.
Wright and Chism, both conservative candidates running for the vacant Mississippi House of Representatives District 37 seat, used various methods to appeal to voters Tuesday.
Ex-LCSD superintendent to run for Dist. 37 House seat
With less than a week before the qualifying deadline, former Lowndes County School District Superintendent Lynn Wright is so far the only candidate to file qualifying paperwork to run for the House District 37 special election.
Lynn Wright fails to make finalist cut for LCSD superintendent
Lynn Wright’s tenure as Lowndes County School District superintendent will end Dec. 31.
LCSD stakeholders meeting reveals pro-, anti-Wright divide
Technically, stakeholders were asked not to endorse or denounce specific candidates for Lowndes County School District superintendent Thursday evening during a board-hosted public forum at central office. Instead, the board asked for patrons to offer what qualities they wanted to see in the district’s chief executive.
Wright accused of holding vo-tech post for himself
Lowndes County School District Superintendent Lynn Wright is looking for job security at Lowndes County School District one way or the other.
During a special-call school board meeting Tuesday night, board member Brian Clark called out Wright for leaving open the position of district level vocational director, which oversees LCSD’s Career Technology Center, so Wright could take the job if he is not hired as superintendent at the end of the year.
LCSD sets criteria for superintendent search
The Lowndes County School District board laid out their list of criteria for qualified superintendent candidates during a special-call meeting Monday night.
LCSD preparing to start superintendent search
Lowndes County School District’s board is creeping ever closer to starting a formal search for the district’s first board-appointed superintendent.
High court won’t hear two school lawsuits
The Mississippi Supreme Court will let stand a lower court ruling that upheld the firings of Lynn Wright and Stacey Hester by the Lowndes County School Board.
Miss. high court to hear Wright lawsuit appeal
The Mississippi Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments Monday in Jackson in two firing discrimination cases from Lowndes County.
New Hope teacher sent home after taking breathalyzer
A New Hope High School teacher was sent home Wednesday after a student allegedly found alcohol in the teacher’s bag.
School supe’s case headed to Mississippi Supreme Court
Lowndes County Schools Superintendent Lynn Wright is taking his lawsuit against the Lowndes County School District to the Mississippi Supreme Court.
Lowndes County school board will appoint supe
Voters in the Lowndes County School District will no longer be able to vote for their school superintendent.
In a 4-1 vote, the Lowndes County School board voted to grant themselves the power to appoint the superintendent.
Lowndes Schools plan for $69-million building program
The Lowndes County School District is planning to spend millions of dollars, but it won’t cost taxpayers any additional money, at least not initially.
County to study four vocational school sites
The Lowndes County School District will begin conducting a feasibility study on four possible sites for a proposed vocational center.
Appeals court reverses Wright’s wrongful termination verdict
Lowndes County Schools Superintendent Lynn Wright said he will appeal an appellate court’s ruling that he was justly fired from his position as principal of New Hope High School in 2010.
Wright, Hester testify in appeal of wrongful termination suits
Lowndes County Superintendent Lynn Wright and former New Hope baseball coach Stacy Hester appeared before the Mississippi Court of Appeals on Wednesday regarding their wrongful termination lawsuits against the Lowndes County School District.
Hester, Wright cases go before Appeals Court
The state Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments June 12 involving wrongful termination lawsuits filed by former New Hope High School principal Lynn Wright and longtime baseball coach Stacy Hester.
Our view: Not the Wright stuff
When he was running for Lowndes County Superintendent of Education, Lynn Wright made a personal visit to the offices of The Dispatch, assuring the newspaper’s editorial board that, as superintendent, he would be accessible and available.
Wright to receive more than $175,000 in back pay
Lowndes County School District Superintendent Lynn Wright has been awarded $175,043.95 in back pay following the conclusion of his 2011 lawsuit against the district.
Court: Wright wrongfully terminated
A two-year saga has come to a close for Lowndes County Superintendent Lynn Wright, whose name was cleared Wednesday when Lowndes County Chancery Court Judge Dorothy Colom ruled he was wrongfully terminated as principal of New Hope High School in 2010.