Rebel Bert

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.

HB 2 narrowly passed 61-59 & 2 not voting. Amotion has made to reconsider the bill. The bill does not allow for the students current district to gave a say in the transfer. MHSAA will have the say in athletic transfers. The democrats unanimously voted against it. APPXa dozen or so Republicans voted against it. So it will be on the calendar today for a rediscussion and revote.

Breaking News: Apparently the State Senate isn't interested in allowing state funds to funneled to private schools.

South Jones will be in Region 3 or 4 and you have your 25 schools. 7A 24 6A 24 5A 25 4A 40 3A 41 2A 40 1A 46?

Very likely

Saltillo is 723 Region 1 6A Ridgeland to Region 2 Pearl to Region 3 South Jones to 5A

I will go back and look.

Looking that way

Yes they drop to the largest 6A.

Finally 7A without the numbers Region 1 DeSoto Central Hernando Horn Lake Lewisburg Olive Branch 1026 Southaven Region 2 Germantown Greenville right at 500 students in a grade Madison Central Oxford Starkville Tupelo Region 3 Brandon Clinton NW Rankin Oak Grove Petal Harrison Central or W Harrison Region 4 Biloxi D'Iberville Gulfport Harrison Central or W Harrison Ocean Springs St Martin

Class 6A Region 1 5 South Panola 882 12 Center Hill 790 13 Grenada 776 19 Lake Cormorant 746 21 Ridgeland 726 22 Canton 710 Region 2 3 Pearl 922 8 Warren Central 831 9 Callaway 823 10 Murrah 823 16 Vicksburg 762 20 Jim Hill 742 Region 3 2 Meridian 958 6 Terry 871 14 West Jones 765 15 Hattiesburg 762 17 Forest Hill 758 24 South Jones 642 Region 4 1 St Martin 964 4 Hancock 891 7 George County 860 11 Pascagoula 814 18 PRC 755 23 Picayune 690