Last week, at the monthly school board meeting, members heard the principals from the six schools within the district present their accountability reports, based on the report card scores recently released by the Mississippi Department of Education.
Overall, LMSD is rated via the state’s “report card” as a “B” school district. The Journal recently reported on these test results, offering a comparison to other local districts. LMSD brought up their overall “grade” from a “C” for the 2021-2022 school year to “B” status, which shows a great deal of improvement across the county schools. Most schools in the district came up at least one letter grade to contribute to this overall score.
In other board business, the LMSD Board of Trustees:
•Approved the minutes of the previous business meeting held on September 12, 2023
•Approved the removal of inoperable fixed assets from the district’s inventory
•Approved support staff changes within the district
•Acknowledged an agreement between the district and Friends of Children of MS (Winston County Headstart) to provide special education services
•Approved a contract with Transfinder to provide routing software for the buses in the amount of $6,045.00
•Approved a contract with Northeast Exterminating, LLC to provide services at schools within the district
•Approved the Docket of Claims (#336725 - #336970) and September Activity/Agency Fund checks
•Approved the September 2023 bank balances and financial reports
•Amended the FY2023 budget
•Approved a lease to place a Cellular South tower on the NWHS campus
•Approved various 16th Section land leases in the county
