Jackson students return to classrooms for first time in months
In-person learning, hybrid schedules underway Share Updated: 5:32 PM CST Jan 19, 2021
In-person learning, hybrid schedules underway Share Updated: 5:32 PM CST Jan 19, 2021
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Show Transcript BACK IN MARCH.. 16 WAPT S MARCUS HUNTER WAS THEIR WHEN THE DAY BEGAN. YOU DON T TYPICALLY SEE 1ST DAY BACK TO SCHOOL PICTURE IN MID JANUARY, HOWEVER FOR STUDENTS ATTENDING J-P-S SCHOOLS TUESDAY WAS TH FIRST TIME SINCE MARCH OF LAST WHERE BUSES WERE RUNNING, THE DROP OFF LINES WERE MOVING AND PARENT WERE SEEING THEIR KIDS OFF TO SCHOOL. MY THIRD-GRADER APPARENTLY WOKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND LAID ON THE COUCH AND READ FOR DON T KNOW HOW MANY HOURS I AM SURE HE WAS ALREADY. I WAS SURPRISED HE WASN T ALREADY SHOWERED AND IN UNIFORM. TUESDAY WAS THE FIRST DAY IN THE DISTRICT S SMART RESTART PLAN . IN-PERSON LEARNING FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS IS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND
39 Mississippi school districts receive federal money to help low-income students
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JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Thirty-nine school districts in Mississippi received federal money to help low-income students raise achievement.
Congressman Bennie Thompson made the announcement Thursday about the Preliminary Title 1 Allocations. The funds are given to school districts with 40 percent low-income families.
In our area, the Jackson Public School District will get more than $16.5 million. Canton Schools, more than $2.2 million. Clinton over $725,000. Hinds County more than $1.5 million. And Vicksburg over $3.6 million.