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Court date set for mother and son allegedly involved in largest embezzlement scheme in state history Zachary and Nancy New as they're leaving the federal courthouse released on bond earlier this year. (Source: WLBT) By Anthony Warren | April 13, 2021 at 3:44 PM CDT - Updated April 13 at 6:08 PM JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A court date has been set for the two former educators arrested in connection with the largest public embezzlement scheme in state history. Tuesday, Hinds County Circuit Judge Faye Peterson set a trial date for October 4 for Nancy and Zachary New. Both had been released o...

Parents of special needs students worry about New Summit School’s future after owner’s arrest By Anna Wolfe/Mississippi Today • 3 hours ago This story was originally published by Mississippi Today. Educators assessed Mary Harbin Hinds, who has a rare chromosome disorder resulting in academic delays, as a nonreader when she entered New Summit School in third grade. Halfway through the year at the Jackson private school, “she was reading poems on her own with words as large as ‘wonderment,’” her mom, Jodi Kimbrell Hinds, recalled. By the end of her first year, the girl — now a ...

By Anna Wolfe Apr 8, 2021 12:36 PM The New Summit School in Jackson, formerly run by Nancy New and her son Zach New. Both were arrested in 2020 on charges they allegedly stole $4 million in Mississippi welfare dollars and in 2021 on charges they defrauded the state’s education department. They have pleaded not guilty and await trial. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today Nancy New, owner of New Learning Resources and New Summit School, exits the federal courthouse in Jackson on Mar. 18, 2021. New was released on bond after pleading not guilty to sixteen counts. Credit: Vickie D....