Prepare children for new rules at school
Parents can help children understand how to stay healthy at school amid the COVID-19 pandemic as they prepare for the start of the academic year.
Rivers McGraw Act has area ties
A Macon woman and New Hope High School alumna is hoping state legislators will push through a bill requiring police officers to notify parents when someone age 18 to 21 years old is arrested for driving under the influence.
Lauren McGraw, who grew up in the Golden Triangle and now lives in Jackson, said the Rivers McGraw Act, named after her son, could save a life in the future.
What teachers would like parents to know
NEW YORK – Keeping the lines of communication open between parents and teachers can be a challenge, especially in this era of crowded classrooms and
‘Parent portals’: pros and cons of timely online updates
Once upon a time, finding out how your child was doing in school could require weeks of patience.
Prosecutor: No charges against boy’s mother in gorilla case
A prosecutor Monday announced no charges will be brought against the mother of the little boy who got into the gorilla exhibit at the Cincinnati Zoo, saying the 3-year-old “just scampered off” as children sometimes do.
Q&A: Should mom be charged in son’s encounter with gorilla?
The killing of a 400-pound gorilla to save a little boy who had slipped into the animal’s enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo has triggered outrage, second-guessing and a police investigation into whether the youngster’s family did anything wrong.
Police investigating parents of boy rescued from gorilla
Police said Tuesday they are investigating the parents of the 3-year-old boy who fell into a gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo and had to be rescued by a team that shot the 400-pound animal to death.
Karriem: Teachers should grade parents
A bill coauthored by District 41 Rep. Kabir Karriem (D-Columbus) in the Mississippi Legislature takes a unique approach in looking to improve parental involvement in schools — grading parents.
Analysis: Young women live with parents like it’s 1940
Young women are living with their parents or relatives at a rate not seen since 1940 as more millennial women put off marriage, attend college and face high living expenses.
Toddler wounds both parents with 1 shot from handgun
A 3-year-old boy found a handgun in his mother’s purse and fired just one shot that wounded both his parents at an Albuquerque motel on Saturday, police said.
Baseball parents demand answers from Lewis
Columbus Municipal School board member Greg Lewis is responding to parents who are questioning why he voted against an indoor hitting facility and weight room.
County schools want parent feedback
If you are a parent with a child in the Lowndes County School District, schools officials want your opinion.
Welfare drug testing bill advances to House
The Mississippi House is expected to vote Wednesday on a welfare drug testing bill that Republican Gov. Phil Bryant is pushing, weeks after a judge struck down a similar law in Florida.
U.S. parents stuck in Congo with adopted children
Justin Carroll is the proud dad of a 6-week-old daughter in Tennessee, but thus far he’s done his doting via Facetime video phone calls from Africa. Since mid-November, Carroll has been living in Congo, unwilling to leave until he gets exit papers allowing two newly adopted sons to travel with him.
Board member wants new middle school
After serving on the Lowndes County School District board for more than a decade, Jacqueline Gray continues to be an advocate for the students of West Lowndes.
Study: Kids less fit than their parents were
DALLAS — Today’s kids can’t keep up with their parents. An analysis of studies on millions of children around the world finds they don’t run
School logistics taking shape in merger committee
The Commission on Starkville School District Structure approved its agenda Tuesday for Nov. 7’s public hearing, a meeting which will focus on the group’s tentative plan to successfully merge Oktibbeha County and SSD students into one unified system in 2015.
Columbus schools putting parents to ‘work’
The Parent Volunteer Fair will be a two hour event at each of the district’s nine campuses Monday evening where parents can help teachers in the classroom. The event will also offer educational classes for parents.
Some men opting to become single dads
Trey Powell’s first name has an extra resonance these days. Though still a bachelor, he now presides over a family of three as the dad
Parents ‘all in’ for education: With debates behind them, stakeholders focusing on how to meet rising expectations
Twenty-six Oktibbeha County residents took to the Greensboro Center’s auditorium stage Thursday with various concerns about an impending school merger, but the heart of their message was the same: consolidation provides an unprecedented opportunity to better educational efforts for all area children.