Rebel Bert Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pancho Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 sounds about like Okolona. The State took over there and laid off 19 employees back in December Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Howard Cosell Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 School choice to the rescue! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pancho Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Oh I agree but there are plenty who disagree simply because it might eventually lead to less mooching of the gov't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chunky6617 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 What are the best schools nearest Wilkinson county? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachfball87 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 9 hours ago, pancho said: Oh I agree but there are plenty who disagree simply because it might eventually lead to less mooching of the gov't. Huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Bert Posted January 17 Author Share Posted January 17 12 hours ago, Chunky6617 said: What are the best schools nearest Wilkinson county? 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pancho Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 On 1/16/2026 at 9:05 PM, coachfball87 said: Huh? Say a child is allowed to attend an actual quality school, get an education and figure out that the system was holding his family back for years. One party suddenly loses voters that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Bert Posted January 19 Author Share Posted January 19 On 1/16/2026 at 11:56 AM, Chunky6617 said: What are the best schools nearest Wilkinson county? Natchez Cathedral Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s1nglewing Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 3 minutes ago, Rebel Bert said: Natchez Cathedral ACCS, too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachfball87 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 23 hours ago, pancho said: Say a child is allowed to attend an actual quality school, get an education and figure out that the system was holding his family back for years. One party suddenly loses voters that way. So you're saying someone who comes from a family that predominantly votes one way, gets moved to another school and gets a good education, they will eventually vote the other way? Or maybe when that child moves schools, it takes money from an already underfunded school to a school that has all the latest technology. Also opens the halls of that really good school for the discipline problems that the other underfunded schools currently have. The teacher to student ratio at that really good school starts to get larger and larger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Bert Posted January 19 Author Share Posted January 19 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pancho Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 1 hour ago, coachfball87 said: So you're saying someone who comes from a family that predominantly votes one way, gets moved to another school and gets a good education, they will eventually vote the other way? Or maybe when that child moves schools, it takes money from an already underfunded school to a school that has all the latest technology. Also opens the halls of that really good school for the discipline problems that the other underfunded schools currently have. The teacher to student ratio at that really good school starts to get larger and larger. I know plenty of folks who vote differently after getting an education. (not a brain washed education) These folks look at the entire system from a whole new angle now so yea they vote different now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Bert Posted January 20 Author Share Posted January 20 3 hours ago, pancho said: I know plenty of folks who vote differently after getting an education. (not a brain washed education) These folks look at the entire system from a whole new angle now so yea they vote different now. Voting differently is not the issue at this point with Wilkinson County. I don't believe these poor poverished parents are going to travel 40 to 50 miles every morning to take their kids to a better school. The money is not there. It will take a new board, new superintendent, new leadership, etc to straighten that county out sitting down there in SW corner of the state below Natchez and West of McComb. Will they be willing to move maybe. Homeschool I doubt it will work for some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pancho Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Guess, we the tax payers can pay the state superintendent to go in and clean house and hire competetent people then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Bert Posted January 20 Author Share Posted January 20 51 minutes ago, pancho said: Guess, we the tax payers can pay the state superintendent to go in and clean house and hire competetent people then. Pending who is in charge and if he goes along with the politicians in the county. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pancho Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 He'll go along if they butter his bread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FanofMSfootball Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 On 1/17/2026 at 12:04 AM, Rebel Bert said: 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. They been losing their kids to West Feleciana in Louisiana. About 20 minutes from them and they have good football. All the other public schools are at minimum 30 minutes from them on a good day. Its some privates in the county but their kids not hardly going to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FanofMSfootball Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 On 1/20/2026 at 7:08 AM, pancho said: Guess, we the tax payers can pay the state superintendent to go in and clean house and hire competetent people then. Yall make it seem like this is just an easy solution to fix. 1) what "competent" people are going to work there? ITs nothing there. Nothing close to there. They go to Baton Rouge (Zachary) just to go to Wal-Mart or have to go 40 plus minutes up to Natchez. Thats not even countin the people that stay in the backwoods and rural areas there. Thats an hour drive at least. 2) The most competent people in the world can't fix the people problem they have. They are behind. Way behind in everything. Thats not even shade to them, its just the truth. They don't have industry or even regular businesses. Its not a mcdonalds in the entire county. It may be 1.5 grocery stores if you gone call it that in the county. You have a people that don't have good jobs. Nothing to draw from. No taxes. Nothing. 3) The place is so rural and far off that it would be a logistics nightmare to close them. It would almost be beneficial to them to go to louisiana to school. This is truly an unfixable situation to me. Its not about academics. They just trying to survive and make it out there. MDE can't solve that problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FanofMSfootball Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 On 1/16/2026 at 11:47 AM, pancho said: Oh I agree but there are plenty who disagree simply because it might eventually lead to less mooching of the gov't. how does school choice "lead to less mooching of the gov't"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pancho Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 When one is truly educated and suddenly realizes what his parents have been told for years isn't factual. I have plenty examples. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Bert Posted January 21 Author Share Posted January 21 Rural counties like Wilkinson, Perry, Smith to name a few are going away because of no industry in the county. No industry means no jobs means everyone is not coming back after college, after joining the military. Then u end up with 1 county school and then it struggles to survive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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