Our View: Our teachers need our help
Today is the first day of school in Starkville, Oktibbeha County and West Point. Students in Columbus and Lowndes County begin classes Thursday while some private schools will not begin classes until next week.
Dear old Golden Rule days: Resolve to make this school year a healthier one
For baby boomers, the month of August represented a whole third of summer vacation. Today, the advent of August means school bells. Golden Triangle students return to classrooms next Wednesday and Thursday in their respective counties. Transitions are ahead, including the one from mom’s kitchen to the school cafeteria.
Hattiesburg schools: Free meals to all students
HATTIESBURG — Beginning this school year, every student in the Hattiesburg Public School District will be able to eat a nutritious breakfast and lunch for
Musgrove seeks support for school funding lawsuit
A group of lawyers including former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove is traveling around Mississippi trying to get school districts to sign up for lawsuits against the state seeking payment of the $1.5 billion that the state had underfunded its K-12 school formula since fiscal 2010.
Police: Teen gunman kills student at Oregon high school
A teen gunman armed with a rifle shot and killed a 14-year-old student Tuesday and injured a teacher before he likely killed himself at a high school in a quiet Columbia River town in Oregon, authorities said.
Feds OK 1-year grace period on school grades
Mississippi schools will get a one-year grace period in the state’s school and district rating system as they move to a new curriculum.
Availability of state-funded pre-K varies widely
The availability of state-funded pre-kindergarten programs varies widely from one part of the country to another, says a new report.
Immanuel now Columbus Christian Academy
The private school will now be known as Columbus Christian Academy. The name was revealed in front of students, faculty and parents Tuesday morning.
Immanuel Christian School to change name
Immanuel Christian School is asking for the community’s input in selecting a new name.
The school’s transition away from Immanuel Baptist Church and into its own entity was finalized Wednesday. As part of the agreement, Immanuel Church asked school board members to change the school’s name.
Immanuel Christian School charts new path forward
Advisors with Immanuel Christian School are looking forward to changes in the upcoming school. From the possibility of new athletic facilities to a new headmaster, advisors say the school is primed for growth.
Police: No known target in school stabbing rampage
No evidence has surfaced yet to show that a boy charged in a stabbing rampage at his high school was targeting any particular student, and efforts to establish a motive are stalled because the suspect isn’t talking and many victims remain hospitalized, a police chief said Friday.
Police seek motive in stabbing rampage
It was just before the start of class and the hallways were packed as usual with students at their lockers or chatting with friends.
Immanuel leaders reassure parents after split
As the transition to separate Immanuel Christian School from Immanuel Christian Church continues, the schools’ advisors are reassuring parents that the school will remain open.
Four students seriously hurt in Pa. school stabbings
A doctor says some victims of a multiple stabbing at a high school near Pittsburgh have suffered injuries classified as life-threatening, though all are expected to survive.
Immanuel Christian School severs ties with Immanuel Church
Immanuel Christian School is no longer affiliated with Immanuel Baptist Church.
Church members on Sunday voted to accept a proposal from eight local businessmen that relieves the church from all obligations to the 35-year-old school and effectively severs the connection between the two, Pastor Charles Mullins confirmed.
Grand jury to hear case of former CMSD employee
The case of a former Columbus Municipal School District employee charged with enticement of a child may soon be heading to a Lowndes County grand jury.
Gov. bemoans revising school starting date
Local school boards again have control of their own academic calendars after Gov. Phil Bryant on Wednesday signed SB 2571, a bill that applies technical amendments to educational law and strikes a 2012 provision requiring the state’s public schools to start their year no earlier than the third Monday in August.
Schools await governor’s action on school starting date bill
Public school leaders across the state are waiting to see if Gov. Phil Bryant takes action today on SB 2571, a bill that would repeal 2012’s call for academic years to begin on or after the third Monday in August.
Student in fight at Moss Point school dies
A 12-year-old junior high school student in Moss Point has died from injuries suffered in a fight.
Miss. governor to lawmakers: Fund trooper school
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant says he wants lawmakers to set aside money to train a new group of state troopers — and if they don’t do it, he’ll call them into a special session to force more discussion about the issue.