DeSoto County school officer charged with rape
The school resource officer faces two counts of rape and one charge of sexual battery related to a single incident last week.
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The school resource officer faces two counts of rape and one charge of sexual battery related to a single incident last week.
The Mississippi Department of Education released its most recent accountability grades Tuesday, Sept. 17. These results mark the largest-ever share of Mississippi districts that are now rated A, B or C.
A high school in Olive Branch reported the highest rate of chronic absenteeism countywide at 46.88%.
The contract primarily concerns requirements the DeSoto County Juvenile Correctional Facility must meet to receive federal funding.
County-wide, Hernando Elementary School and Lake Cormorant Elementary School had the highest percentages of students who out-performed a state benchmark.
“DeSoto County Schools has more money than it ever has,” said Stacey Graves, the district’s chief financial officer, during a presentation earlier this month. “That means we can do more things to move the district forward.”
With a new contract approved, DeSoto County Schools is altogether expected to spend more than $4 million on resource officers for the upcoming school year.
Both of the new principals currently work for the district as assistant principals at other schools.
The passage rates at Hernando Hill Elementary and Lewisburg Elementary School were particularly high with success rates of 92.4% and 90.4%, respectively.
Keith Williams, the district’s assistant superintendent of operations, said the updated dress code concerns discrepancies between current fashion trends and expectations for attire within the educational environment.
For the 2022-23 school year, 28.52% of DeSoto County students were chronically absent.
All DeSoto County graduations will be held in mid-May at the Landers Center.
DeSoto County School District students show strong results in third-grade level reading competency.
DeSoto County Schools reflect good showing for the annual accountability ratings from the state Department of Education.
A woman has raised questions about a book being taught in a Lake Cormorant School saying it contains sexually explicit dialog inappropriate for young students.
The DeSoto County school district plans on having resource officers at campuses across the system for the upcoming academic year.
The DeSoto County Board of Supervisors began the process of cracking down on non-residents who file false information to benefit from the county’s services, particularly schools.
Several key pieces were included in the DeSoto County Schools annual budget approved Thursday, including school resource officers, along with classroom additions and new roofs.
DeSoto County Schools is looking for a site to build a new career technology center as “hands-on” jobs become more in demand.
The DeSoto County School District is seeking an ordinance that would make it a misdemeanor for people outside of the county to enroll a student in the school district.
There was no property tax increase in a DeSoto County Schools budget presentation to its Board of Education Thursday.
The mayor and Board of Aldermen made its request last year and reiterated it again this month after DeSoto County Schools asked Olive Branch to approve putting classroom trailers at Career Tech East.
Two seats of the DeSoto County School Board will be elected in November, one of the offices to replace longtime politician Milton Nichols.
Jerald Wheeler, a former Southaven police officer who supervised school resource officers for 24 years, is replacing Ann Jolley on the DeSoto County school board.
While students are away on their summer break, officials with DeSoto County Schools are working to accomplish all the duties necessary while classes are out of session.
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