Rebel Bert

Agree and get rid of these northerners in that position

The bottom line is if all 1 to 4 schools are in a district with D or F grades then those poor parents will be expecting the school to furnish transportation from home or school some 40 miles away to a A/B school in another district. Otherwise the kid will be homeschooled with subject to dropping out. That's wasted money.

Pearl is located just north of I-20 & i believe they will be south because Jim Hill is North of Hwy 80 in west Jackson.

If they do then others will to. Any way to get $6500 per child.

Adjusted 3A numbers with Regions: Region 1 1 Alcorn Central 309 17 North Tippah 259 33 Mantatchie 221 39 *New Site 211 40 Belmont 210 Region 2 4 Rosa Fort 285 7 Kossuth 281 21 Independence 252 28 North Panola 240 36 Strayhorn 214 Region 3 8 Yazoo County 280 13 Humphreys County 273 19 Amanda Elzy 256 22 Coahoma County 251 30 O'Bannon 227 Region 4 1 Noxubee County 294 18 Choctaw County 259 25 Winona 246 29 Nettleton 236 Region 5 5 SE Lauderdale 285 11 Quitman 277 34 Union 221 35 Lake 217 37 Clarkdale 213 Region 6 16 Magee 260 20 Pisgah 256 23 Raleigh 250 24 McLaurin 249 31 St Andrew's (226) Region 7 6 Hazlehurst 283 10 Crystal Springs 279 14 Franklin County 265 26 Jefferson County 243 27 Port Gipson 241 Region 8 3 Seminary 288 9 JDC 280 12 West Marion 274 15 Tylertown 263 38 *OLA 212 41 Collins 210

#36 on my list so yes it may happen. 331 and drop to 308 to drop between now and October.

How many parents do you think will be willing to pull their kids out of JPS and transport them daily to Rankin, Hinds, or Madison County. I say few will do it. It will be the same in the rural areas. Many of these kids ride the bus. The bus at this time isn't leaving the county. They may take them to another A school in the district or county. And yes Jason White spoke to on radio 200 to 300% below poverty level students will get it. The ones who ride a bus and mom and dad might not have transportation.

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Adjusted 4A numbers with projected Regions because I was asked previously: Region 1 4 Itawamba AHS 444 9 North Pontotoc 423 13 Shannon 403 27 South Pontotoc 356 39 Booneville 319 Region 2 3 New Albany 447 17 Senatobia 392 22 Clarksdale 369 38 Ripley 324 40 Byhalia 310 Region 3 1 Lanier 457 10 Kosciusko 410 11 Yazoo City 409 16 Leake Central 396 21 Gentry 370 Region 4 7 Caledonia 431 8 Choctaw Central (425) 23 Houston 366 36 Amory 331 37 Louisville 324 Region 5 12 West Lauderdale 406 15 NE Lauderdale 397 19 Morton 384 28 Newton County 353 32 Forest 343 Region 6 6 McComb 432 26 Raymond 356 33 South Pike 342 34 Mendenhall 332 35 Richland 332 Region 7 2 Purvis 451 5 Poplarville 438 18 Lawrence County 388 20 FCAHS 371 25 Columbia 358 Region 8 14 Pass Christian 401 24 Greene County 363 29 Bay St Louis 352 30 St Patrick 344 31 Moss Point 343

We are only counting the 8th thru 10th grade right now that will be this October 2026 9th thru 11th grades.

12,500 recipients in the bill 241 high schools multiplied by 3 plus or minus 2 or 3 schools being in some feeder patterns per high school in Jackson Public etc that leaves 750+/- total public schools without me doing the total math. That leaves: 16.667 recipients per school. Do we really think this will make a difference? Do really think an A school wants to deal with a troubled kid that qualifies because bad grades due to absenteeism and fighting in school as a reason for failed classes. We might as well identify all that need it, put them in alternative school locally and keep the funding in district.

Adjusted 5A with numbers: 1 Neshoba Central 631 2 Provine 623 3 New Hope 619 4 Gautier 617 5 Lafayette County 616 6 Stone County 597 7 Wayne County 591 8 Natchez 584 9 Columbus 569 0 Vancleave 564 1 Florence 562 2 Vicksburg 562 3 West Point 553 4 Holmes County Central 547 5 East Central 546 6 Laurel 539 7 Brookhaven 523 8 North Pike 516 9 Pontotoc 508 0 Corinth 485 1 NE Jones 471 2 Greenwood 469 3 Tishomingo County 469 4 Sumrall 466

Adjusted 6A with numbers: 1 Pearl 922 2 Hancock 891 3 South Panola 882 4 Terry 871 5 George County 860 6 Warren Central 831 7 Callaway 823 8 Murrah 823 9 Pascagoula 814 0 Center Hill 790 1 Grenada 776 2 West Jones 765 3 Hattiesburg 762 4 Forest Hill 758 5 PRC 755 6 Lake Cormorant 746 7 Jim Hill 742 8 Ridgeland 724 9 Saltillo 723 0 Canton 710 1 Picayune 690 2 Long Beach 669 3 South Jones 642 4 Cleveland Central 632

Adjusted 7A with and without numbers 8th-10th grades: 1 Tupelo 2 DeSoto Central 3 Southaven 4 Ocean Springs 5 NW Rankin 6 Oak Grove 7 Clinton 8 Biloxi 9 Gulfport 0 Harrison Central 1 Oxford 1540 2 Brandon 1230 3 Greenville 1225 4 Madison Central 1201 5 D'Iberville 1191 6 Hernando 1186 7 Petal 1112 8 Starkville 1101 9 Germantown 1087 0 Lewisburg 1035 1 Olive Branch 1026 2 West Harrison 1013 3 St Martin 964 4 Meridian 958

1) Most important way too many school districts in the state. Smaller populated counties need to be merged with others. We save money by eliminating county offices such as supervisors etc. We need to lose about 10 counties. 82 counties is way too many compared to surrounding states. There is no need for: as example East and West Jasper, Enterprise and Clarke County Forest Municipal and Scott County. Those need to go away. 2) State testing well you test in each class every 7 to 10 days. You know what progress is being made for each student. You need to pull the struggling student to the side and give him or her the help now not after state testing is taken. 3) Of all things be very careful where you put your money because giving Billy Bob John $6500 to be homeschooled doesn't mean he will be homeschooled. Homeschooling may very well be another dropouts mechanism. 4) Sending state funds to the private school does not make good book or Fiancial sense. I do wonder if these private schools really want to deal with these kids that might be more trouble than good.

Public schools will lose a lot more money than what most parents pay in land taxes. You would have to own a mansion or a thousand acres to pay in $6500 dollars.

Attala, Holmes, Leake, Carroll Counties so no MAIS schools within his district except maybe Holmes Christian. Durant and Vaiden but not west or south of Durant and not west of Vaiden. Only that area of Holmes County along and just west of I-55. Only Kosciusko and Leake Central zones in those 2 counties. Thomastown, Walnut Grove, McAdams, Ethel not in his district and only a portion of SE Carroll County.

This goes into affect fall of 2027. We won't see the affects this next reclassification cycle.

May have to get Boyles back as Principal

Wilkinson Christian in MAIS Adams County Christian in MAIS Parklane in McComb in MAIS North Pike, South Pike, McComb, Franklin County, Natchez who knows academic wise. Brookhaven and Lincoln County. Louisiana schools maybe. Centerville Academy in Wilkinson County That's just off the top of my head. Tking that $6500 out of state might become an issue Jason White doesn't want to here. Most of those kids probably qualify.

What this bill does is allowed for the poor district school in the Delta being forced to allow students to transfer without say. Losing federal and state dollars is a soar subject to many principal ans superintendent. A student lost is thousand dollars lost to pay the bills. I still say this will eventually lead to more consolidation of schools with MAIS repeing the benefit. Dollars will be lost to homeschooled dropouts that amount to nothing much unless mom and dad make the kids get a job.

I don't forsee the kids that really needing leaving their home school. These Delta principals, superintendents, and representatives will inform their students not apply to keep federal and state dollars at home. In Magee and maybe Mt Olive it will be the poor white kids heading for Simpson, Mize, Raleigh, and Puckett.

Raleigh will get their share.

I totally agree.

The state dept of education has taken over the school district. No fiancial audit since June 2022. Failing grades 8 if the last 11 years rated an F.