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January 23, 2014

12 month pay fix for teachers moving forward in House

State lawmakers say Mississippi schoolteachers will be getting paid over 12 months despite the change in school start dates this year, but they can’t guarantee the same for other school employees. Bus drivers, cafeteria workers, custodians and others, lawmakers said, may have to shift to a nine-month pay schedule. Read more at ClarionLedger
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
January 23, 2014

Groups express interest in starting as many as 30 charter schools in Mississippi

Groups say they’re interested in opening as many as 30 charter schools in Mississippi. Charter School Authorizer Board Chairman Tommie Cardin said he received letters of intent for as many as 28 schools by the 5 p.m. Wednesday deadline. A Columbus group said it also applied for two more schools, and Cardin said he expects…