There are 37 article(s) tagged DeSoto County Schools:
April Rucker has a new title to go with her job as principal at Southaven Intermediate School. She is also the Administrator of the Year for DeSoto County Schools.
High school students can get a taste of higher education, expand their horizons and maybe shave off a semester of their college career with help from the Mississippi University for Women.
Two people who wrote letters of support for Lindsey Whiteside have recanted their communiques after the former assistant basketball coach pleaded guity of sexual battery of a minor.
A group of parents is leading the charge against DeSoto County school leaders with a protest after a former coach pleaded guilty to sexual battery with a minor. Judge who presided over Lindsey Whiteside case recuses himself, blasts DARelated content:
Students will start filling the halls of the new Hernando High in late summer, providing relief to other schools in the DeSoto County school district.
Lindsey Aldy Whiteside, 26, is accused of engaging in a sexual act with an underage female victim in May.
The Mississippi High School Activities Association issued a penalty to DeSoto Central on Nov. 4, including a one-year disciplinary probation for the team as well as a $100 fine.
The district’s virtual-communications policy limits how far employees can engage with students and sets guidelines on public engagement.
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.
About 37 results