CL – Ed officials gearing up for overhauls

Ed officials gearing up for overhauls

Within 90 days, the state Department of Education will be restructured. Some employees will have different jobs, but protecting classroom integrity will remain a priority.

So says Tom Burnham, who began his second stint as Mississippi’s superintendent of education this month.

Burnham, 63, realizes he faces some major issues, including proposed school-district consolidations and historic funding cuts.

The current state budget revenue shortfall and cuts to K-12 “was not created by a single act, by a single individual,” Burnham said.

Clarion-Ledger
1/18/10