I covered tonight’s Lee County School Board meeting and came back with two news briefs and a really good story idea. The latter will have to wait – I’ve got to get more info and schedule a photo – but here are the news briefs for tomorrow’s DJ:
School District honored
for reading improvement
TUPELO – The Lee County School District was recognized last week for its use of an intervention program that has improved student achievement at Plantersville Middle School.
District representatives were given a plaque by the Mississippi Association of School Superintendents at the MASS/Alliance Summer Convention in Biloxi, Lee County School Board President Sherry Mask said on Tuesday.
Last August, the district spent more than $200,000 on the program, which offers students highly individualized instruction. Read 180 was so successful at Plantersville that its use has been expanded to include the districts other middle schools in Guntown and Mooreville, as well Shannon Elementary and Shannon High schools.
At Tuesday’s meeting, School Board members voted to buy the next level of Read 180 for Plantersville as well as to purchase a non-intervention program called Rewards Reading.
Board members also watched a video about Read 180 that was included in a presentation at the MASS convention by district employees Becky Hendrix, Kathy Mask and Plantersville Assistant Principal Shelly Brooks.
Bids received for addition
at Mooreville Elementary
TUPELO – Lee County School Board members accepted bids Tuesday for a six-classroom addition at Mooreville Elementary. The low bidder among the 10 bids received was Burton Builders of Belmont.
“We’ve done business with this company before,” district business manager Randy Thweatt said. “They built the Plantersville cafeteria and the Saltillo High School field house.”
