Natchez school district to pay $127K to former principal
The Natchez-Adams School District will pay about $127,500 to a former principal, who successfully sued the district for wrongful termination.
West Lowndes principal resigns
West Lowndes High School has lost its principal.
Cargile tapped to lead Columbus High School
Lori Cargile will be the new Columbus High School principal.
City school board to vote on CHS principal
The Columbus Municipal School District Board of Trustees will meet Friday to discuss hiring a new Columbus High School principal.
Concerns mount for proposed CHS principal
The Columbus Municipal School District board adjourned its meeting Monday without conducting any business after board members disagreed on hiring Columbus High School’s next principal.
Columbus Christian Academy has new leader
Terry Walters, 57, has accepted the role as head of school for CCA and will serve as principal for grades 7-12.
Profile: Father of Noxubee County
It takes a village to raise a child.
Virgil Jones Jr. swears by that adage, and Virgil Jones Jr. would know.
Columbus High interim principal named
Johnny Johnson begins his first day as interim principal at Columbus High School today.
CHS principal leaving district
Today is Jill Savely’s final day as principal of Columbus High School.
New SHS principal focusing on graduation rate, community involvement
Starkville High School Principal David Baggett officially began his tenure this month by tinkering with the school’s master class schedules last week, one of many subtle changes the former Ocean Springs educator hopes will improve student and teacher efficiency.
Ocean Springs principal will lead SHS
Starkville School District Board of Trustees unanimously hired Ocean Springs High School Principal David Baggett as Starkville High School’s next top administrator.
Assistant SSD superintendent named interim SHS principal
Assistant Starkville School District superintendent Toriano Holloway will serve as Starkville High School’s interim leader for the rest of the academic year as the district begins its search to replace outgoing Principal Keith Fennell.
SHS Principal Fennell leaving for JSU job
Starkville High School Principal Keith Fennell will leave his position for a job as Jackson State University’s director of student academic services, school officials announced Thursday
Fennell’s last day as SHS leader is Feb. 28.
Lee County School Board upholds principal firing
The Lee County School Board has voted to terminate former Belden Center Principal Ralph Green.
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.
Principals named at CHS and CMS
The Columbus Municipal School District named principals for Columbus High School and Columbus Middle School today during a special board meeting of the Board of Trustees.
The two new principals will be familiar faces to parents and students; both are longtime assistant principals at the schools they will now run. Jill Savely will be the new principal at the high school, and Freda Dismukes will take the helm at the middle school.