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Updated: Sep. 17, 2021 at 4:41 PM CDT
|By Josh Carter
The Jackson Public School District is squashing social media rumors that they have implemented a new vaccine policy.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2021 at 6:49 PM CDT
|By Cheryl Lasseter
Homeschool enrollment removed 6,731 students from Mississippi public school attendance rolls.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2021 at 10:14 PM CDT
|By Courtney Ann Jackson
The Senate Education Committee held a hearing to learn more about the elements that impact teacher pay.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2021 at 9:45 AM CDT
|By Sharie Nicole
The 50-page report from the Mississippi Governor’s Human Capital Task Force details how Mississippi leaders should work to reform teacher compensation.
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Updated: Sep. 9, 2021 at 11:26 PM CDT
|By Quentin Smith
Family members said Bridges had gotten her first dose of the vaccine and was waiting to take her second.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2021 at 12:02 PM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
The district did not provide any details about how the teacher died, but in an online tribute JPS said, “We extend our deepest sympathy to the family, coworkers, and students of Theodora Bridges.”
Updated: Sep. 8, 2021 at 10:47 PM CDT
|By Maggie Wade
Dr. Sue Townsend, who has been Superintendent for the Rankin County School District for the past six years, announced her retirement.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2021 at 11:08 AM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
You have until 4:00 p.m. Wednesday to email your comments about the need to improve Mississippi teacher salaries to the Senate Education Committee.
Updated: Sep. 3, 2021 at 8:39 PM CDT
|By Courtney Ann Jackson
Hundreds of Mississippi kids are getting sick enough with COVID that they have to be admitted to the hospital.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2021 at 10:44 AM CDT
|By Associated Press
A Central Texas school district is closing its schools after two teachers died last week of COVID-19.
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Updated: Aug. 31, 2021 at 6:58 AM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
Drop off will begin at 9:30 a.m. and classes will begin at 9:50 a.m.
Updated: Aug. 27, 2021 at 7:03 AM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
The virtual learning option will remain in effect through the end of the first semester.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2021 at 8:53 PM CDT
|By C.J. LeMaster
Data released this week from the Mississippi State Department of Health lists 28,990 students quarantined as of August 20.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2021 at 4:08 PM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
The school district began requiring masks on August 9 and re-evaluated the move Wednesday.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2021 at 12:01 PM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
The purpose of the meeting is to consider a virtual learning option through October 31, 2021.
Updated: Aug. 20, 2021 at 5:33 PM CDT
|By Briseida Holguin
The Mississippi governor has made it clear that he will not issue a statewide mask mandate. One DeSoto County family doesn’t understand his reasoning, especially with children 12 and younger not being able to get vaccinated.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2021 at 8:07 AM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
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Updated: Aug. 17, 2021 at 10:40 PM CDT
|By Brendan Hall
After just one week of being in school, one Rankin County mother said all three of her kids are out sick with COVID-19.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2021 at 9:34 PM CDT
|By C.J. LeMaster
The news comes as State Epidemiologist Dr. Paul Byers told colleagues Tuesday that more than 20,000 Mississippi students had been placed under quarantine.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2021 at 7:10 PM CDT
|By Roslyn Anderson
The parents of MKayla Robinson, 13, are devastated and want parents to have options to keep their children safe from the deadly virus.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2021 at 8:21 PM CDT
|By Patrice Clark
Currently, only children 12 and older can get a vaccine.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2021 at 9:35 AM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
A school bus was involved in a crash Monday morning in Jackson.
Updated: Aug. 15, 2021 at 11:12 PM CDT
|By Kailey Schuyler
Rising COVID numbers in the classrooms are causing some schools to change their policies. As you can imagine, not all parents are happy with the changes.
Updated: Aug. 13, 2021 at 2:41 PM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
Kosciusko High School will go virtual starting Monday due to “several” positive COVID cases involving both students and staff.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2021 at 8:46 PM CDT
|By Roslyn Anderson
One Jackson school that catered to children with disabilities won’t be opening its doors in the fall.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2021 at 12:10 PM CDT
|By Jacob Gallant
The Mississippi Association of Educators and the Mississippi Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics is again asking for a mask mandate in classrooms across the state.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2021 at 4:32 PM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
Protocol Level 3 will be in place for 14 calendar days.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2021 at 12:30 PM CDT
|By Sharie Nicole
Canton Public School District says three classrooms, the library, and the gymnasium are all without air conditioning.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2021 at 9:23 AM CDT
|By Carmen Poe
Educators are asking more members of the community to get involved in the school and volunteer, tutor, and support students.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2021 at 8:25 AM CDT
|By Ashley Garner
All students and staff will be required to wear masks inside school buildings as well as social distancing.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2021 at 10:36 PM CDT
|By Brendan Hall
One parent of a student in the Hinds County School District said her virtual learning application got denied even though her daughter has a medical condition.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2021 at 7:31 PM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
Tuesday morning, JPS set the requirement that all students athletes be vaccinated or submit to weekly testing.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2021 at 8:18 PM CDT
|By Brendan Hall
The Jackson Public School District started their year Monday, and one JPS parent said her nerves are already on overload.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2021 at 4:52 PM CDT
|By Chris Rosato
LSU President Dr. William Tate IV sent a letter on Wednesday, August 4 to faculty, staff, and students outlining the university’s COVID-19 mitigation protocols for the 2021 fall semester.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2021 at 11:45 AM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
“If a student refuses to wear a mask and an exemption does not apply, the student should be sent home,” reads the health department’s statement Monday.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2021 at 6:51 AM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
Hundreds of thousands of students return to school Monday.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2021 at 10:29 PM CDT
|By Patrice Clark
Students in Madison County are gearing up to go back to school this week.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2021 at 7:05 PM CDT
|By WDAM Staff
MSMA says masks for all students.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2021 at 12:20 PM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
In a statement Friday, MSMA called on all school districts to institute mandatory mask policies for students, faculty, and staff immediately.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2021 at 11:06 AM CDT
|By Carmen Poe
You cannot receive services without a certificate.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2021 at 6:34 AM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
The district says students should wear masks to school Friday, August 6, if they have them but must have a mask by Monday, August 9.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2021 at 4:48 PM CDT
|By Jacob Gallant
Jackson State University will require mask in all public indoor campus spaces, regardless of vaccination status, to begin the fall semester.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2021 at 2:58 PM CDT
|By Sharie Nicole
Reeves is following the recommendation of state education leaders who say an extreme emergency exists within the district.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2021 at 11:45 AM CDT
|By Sharie Nicole
If granted, the order would prevent the governor from declaring a state of emergency and taking over the district.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2021 at 6:18 AM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
Students and staff are scheduled to return to in-person learning on August 19th.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2021 at 6:07 AM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
We’re told the school will be closed for two days until proper cleaning is finished.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2021 at 6:58 PM CDT
|By David Kenney
Many districts in the area are releasing their COVID safety plans before they open their doors.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2021 at 4:11 PM CDT
|By Josh Carter
Gov. Tate Reeves has publicly stated that he has “no intention” of requiring masks this academic school year.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2021 at 7:56 PM CDT
|By Alex Onken
In part, the faculty member wrote “she wouldn’t care if every unvaccinated person died.”
Updated: Aug. 3, 2021 at 2:22 PM CDT
|By Sharie Nicole
A state audit showed the school district violated 26 out of 32 state standards that could jeopardize its accreditation.