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February 11, 2009

School ranking plan unveiled

The Clarion-Ledger, 2/11/9 State Superintendent of Education Hank Bounds reviewed a proposed model for the state’s new accountability system with more than 100 superintendents and school officials Tuesday at Hattiesburg High School. “We’ve been working for some time to build this new system,” Bounds told the group of educators from the Pine Belt and surrounding…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
February 11, 2009

City workers get extra paid holiday

The Clarion-Ledger, 2/11/9 Jackson city workers can thank the local firefighters’ union for another paid vacation day – and city taxpayers for footing the $170,000 bill. An almost-overlooked clause in the firefighters’ union contract led the Jackson City Council on Tuesday to make Presidents Day a new city holiday. The union contract, approved several years…