Hickman lawsuit against CMSD dismissed
A federal judge has dismissed without prejudice a lawsuit against Columbus Municipal School District filed by former Superintendent Philip Hickman.
Former superintendent sues CMSD for racial discrimination
A former superintendent of Columbus Municipal School District has filed an employment discrimination lawsuit against the district and certain school board members alleging retaliation and racial prejudice factored into his firing.
CMSD board upholds Hickman termination
Columbus Municipal School District’s board on Wednesday unanimously upheld the termination of former superintendent Philip Hickman.
Hickman claims board subjected him to ‘pattern of abuse’
Testimony from Philip Hickman on Friday dominated the final day of the termination hearing of the former Columbus Municipal School District superintendent.
Hickman hearing reveals phone ‘threat’
A recording of a telephone call in which the attorney for the Columbus Municipal School District said then-school superintendent Philip Hickman threatened a board member with a lawsuit if the board member didn’t vote to extend Hickman’s employment contract highlighted Thursday’s opening day of Hickman’s termination hearing at Brandon Central Services.
Hickman requests termination hearing
The Columbus Municipal School Board approved the hiring of a legal consultant during a special call meeting Friday, a day after an attorney for former superintendent Phillip Hickman requested a termination hearing.
CMSD removing ‘For Sale’ signs at central office
For sale or not for sale? That was the question during Monday’s meeting of the Columbus Municipal School District Board of Trustees.
CMSD superintendent lashes out at board president amid financial probe
Amid a board investigation of school district finances, Columbus superintendent Philip Hickman publicly lashed out against the board president Friday.
CMSD board chooses superintendent search firm
The Columbus Municipal School District Board of Trustees voted Wednesday to hire the Clinton-based Mississippi School Boards Association to conduct the district’s next superintendent search.
Six search firms submit bids to help replace CMSD supt.
The Columbus Municipal School District Board of Trustees plans to choose a search firm for the hiring of a new superintendent on Jan. 17.
A Dispatch Special Report: With Hickman’s tenure coming to an end, stakeholders look at what went wrong with CMSD
In 2003, Lori Pierce and her family moved to Columbus from Savannah, Georgia. Despite warnings from some of her new neighbors, she enrolled her son in the Columbus Municipal School District.
CMSD to begin search for superintendent after vote to renew Hickman’s contract fails
The Columbus Municipal School District Board of Trustees voted to begin a search for a new superintendent Monday after two failed motions to extend the tenure of current superintendent, Philip Hickman, whose contract expires at the end of June.
Our View: CMSD: Let’s get it right this time
Monday, the Columbus Municipal School District Board of Trustees voted for a change in leadership.
CMSD board doesn’t extend Hickman’s contract
By a one-vote margin, the Columbus Municipal School District Board of Trustees declined to extend the contract of the superintendent of schools during Monday’s regular board meeting.
CMSD to consider Hickman contract extension
During a specially called meeting Tuesday, the Columbus Municipal School District board of trustees voted unanimously to approve drafting an amendment to extend Superintendent Philip Hickman’s contract.
Suit settled between CMSD, Hickman relative
A lawsuit between Columbus Municipal School District and its would-be director of schools is settled.
Our View: Crying ‘uncle’
On a playground, a scuffle ends when one of the kids is forced to “say uncle.”
But when it comes to the two-year tenure of Dr. Philip Hickman as superintendent of the Columbus Municipal School District, we’ve been crying uncle since the very start.