Canton Public School District fires superintendent
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CANTON, MS (Mississippi News Now) - The Canton Public School District has fired it's superintendent.
According to a statement from the school district, recent test scores impacted the decision to terminate Superintendent Ike Haynes.
Here is a full statement:
The Canton Public School District Board of Trustees terminated Superintendent Ike Haynes. This is a personnel matter, therefore, the board is not at liberty to go into detail. However, after reviewing recent test scores, the Trustees decided that in order to advance the district it was necessary to seek a new superintendent. Assistant Superintendent Cassandra Williams has been named as the Interim Superintendent.
Haynes has been the superintendent of the Canton Public School District since July 2014. Before that, Haynes served 6 and a half years as superintendent of the Jefferson Davis County School District.
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