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|By Chancelor Winn
Around 25 teachers and assistant teachers working for the district are products of the Teacher Academy program.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2021 at 6:49 PM CDT
|By Cheryl Lasseter
Homeschool enrollment removed 6,731 students from Mississippi public school attendance rolls.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2021 at 10:14 PM CDT
|By Courtney Ann Jackson
The Senate Education Committee held a hearing to learn more about the elements that impact teacher pay.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2021 at 8:03 PM CDT
|By WAFB Staff
According to LSU Media Relations Director Ernie Ballard, the university has started to unenroll students for not following the COVID-19 vaccination rules.
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Updated: Sep. 15, 2021 at 9:45 AM CDT
|By Sharie Nicole
The 50-page report from the Mississippi Governor’s Human Capital Task Force details how Mississippi leaders should work to reform teacher compensation.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2021 at 7:09 AM CDT
|By Tristan Ruppert
Some parents are concerned over vaccine mandates while others are still questioning the necessity of mask policies.
Updated: Sep. 12, 2021 at 9:55 PM CDT
|By Mike Lacy
After collecting supplies for nearly two weeks, Long Beach district officials handed them out Sunday to school employees and their families in Lafourche Parish, La.
Updated: Sep. 10, 2021 at 10:46 PM CDT
|By Brendan Hall
She finds importance in showing her students how 9/11 helped shape the world they live in today.
Updated: Sep. 10, 2021 at 2:47 PM CDT
|By Debra Dolan
The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office in Illinois, posted an example on Facebook to show you what information predators or scammers could use to endanger your child, family or finances.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2021 at 8:47 AM CDT
|By Jasmine Lotts
We spoke with teachers at Gulfport High this week to hear their memories of that fateful day as they watched thousands of Americans lose their lives.
7-Day Forecast
Updated: Sep. 8, 2021 at 11:08 AM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
You have until 4:00 p.m. Wednesday to email your comments about the need to improve Mississippi teacher salaries to the Senate Education Committee.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2021 at 10:07 PM CDT
|By Courtney Ann Jackson
Teachers are working to stay safe amid the continued COVID spread. One district is taking extra safety measures.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2021 at 1:44 AM CDT
|By WLOX Staff
As communities survey the damage left behind by Hurricane Ida, school districts are making decisions on when to have students return to in-person learning.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2021 at 8:53 PM CDT
|By C.J. LeMaster
Data released this week from the Mississippi State Department of Health lists 28,990 students quarantined as of August 20.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2021 at 6:47 PM CDT
|By Bill Snyder
Bacon, eggs, grits and football were on the menu Thursday at Broome's Buffet and Catering.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2021 at 12:54 PM CDT
|By WLOX Staff
For the third time in just four days, another school in Gautier has made the decision to close its doors due to COVID-19.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2021 at 7:47 AM CDT
|By Lindsay Knowles and Chancelor Winn
On Tuesday, the district announced it would allow students who have been exposed at school to isolate at home for 10 days if parents choose.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2021 at 6:04 PM CDT
|By WLOX Staff
Tuesday, the district announced both Stone Elementary School and Stone Middle school would move to virtual learning beginning Aug. 25 for two weeks.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2021 at 2:12 PM CDT
|By WLOX Staff
Gautier Middle School will be closed from Wednesday, Aug. 25, until Tuesday, Sept. 7, with students learning virtually during this time.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2021 at 12:02 PM CDT
|By WLOX Staff
District officials announced Monday that Singing River Academy in Gautier will close and not reopen until after Labor Day.
Updated: Aug. 20, 2021 at 5:43 PM CDT
|By Mike Lacy
Because of rising COVID numbers, Pascagoula High School closed its doors yesterday for two weeks. Although there are no students in the classroom, there’s a lot of teaching going on.
Updated: Aug. 20, 2021 at 5:27 PM CDT
|By Mike Lacy
The vaccine drive was planned weeks ago with Singing River Health System, but the drive became even more important after officials made the decision to close.
Updated: Aug. 20, 2021 at 4:10 PM CDT
|By Bill Snyder
As the war against COVID-19 progresses, there’s always a need for more frontline soldiers. In this case, nurses.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2021 at 6:19 PM CDT
|By Mike Lacy
The Harrison County School District is making changes to navigate through the pandemic.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2021 at 1:34 PM CDT
|By WLOX Staff
Perkinston Elementary School students will move to virtual learning due to an increase in COVID-19 cases and quarantines.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2021 at 12:21 PM CDT
|By Sharie Nicole
Districts can offer a combination of virtual and in-person learning.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2021 at 7:53 AM CDT
|By Tristan Ruppert
As of Aug. 15, nearly 200 students and over two dozen employees throughout the district had tested positive since the start of the school year.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2021 at 4:48 PM CDT
|By WLOX Staff
D’Iberville High school is offering a temporary virtual learning option for students from Aug. 23 until Sept. 3.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2021 at 2:02 PM CDT
|By WLOX Staff
Since the start of school less than two weeks ago, 55 students and 10 staff members at Pascagoula High have tested positive for COVID-19.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2021 at 7:16 AM CDT
|By Tristan Ruppert
Just over 2% of students in the Jackson County School District have tested positive for COVID-19 so far this year.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2021 at 9:34 PM CDT
|By C.J. LeMaster
The news comes as State Epidemiologist Dr. Paul Byers told colleagues Tuesday that more than 20,000 Mississippi students had been placed under quarantine.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2021 at 8:01 PM CDT
|By Brandy McGill
The Southeastern Construction Owners and Associates Roundtable, better known as SCOAR, partners with programs to help provide more resources and opportunities.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2021 at 5:04 PM CDT
|By WDAM Staff
The school plans to reopen on Monday, Aug. 30.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2021 at 4:27 PM CDT
|By WLOX Staff
Superintendent Carla Evers told WLOX Pass Christian High School will suspend in-person learning beginning Aug. 18. Students will return on Sept. 1.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2021 at 11:20 AM CDT
|By WLOX Staff
We’ll show the final poll results in our special report “Fear, Facts, Future: A WLOX Town Hall” airing Thursday August 19 at 7 p.m. on WLOX ABC.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2021 at 5:20 PM CDT
|By Brandy McGill
Some parents said although distance learning may be best right now as COVID-19 cases continue to rise, they hope to see another solution to keeping their children safe without closing the schools.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2021 at 3:18 PM CDT
|By WLOX Staff
The George County School District announced that all students at George County High School will move to virtual learning beginning Aug. 17 until Aug. 27. Students will return to campus on Aug. 30.
Updated: Aug. 14, 2021 at 11:44 PM CDT
|By Branden Walker
Golden Eagle Week has begun, with freshmen and other new students moving onto the University of Southern Mississippi campus Saturday.
Updated: Aug. 13, 2021 at 11:08 AM CDT
|By Jasmine Lotts
Biloxi High School partnered with the Singing River Health System to give the Pfizer vaccine.
Updated: Aug. 13, 2021 at 7:53 AM CDT
|By Tristan Ruppert
More than 100 students and 17 teachers have tested positive over the last week, said school officials.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2021 at 6:20 PM CDT
|By Bill Snyder and Brandy McGill
We knew this might be coming. That's what teachers and staff members at South Hancock Elementary say about the school being in COVID quarantine for the next two weeks.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2021 at 12:10 PM CDT
|By Jacob Gallant
The Mississippi Association of Educators and the Mississippi Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics is again asking for a mask mandate in classrooms across the state.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2021 at 11:15 AM CDT
|By WLOX Staff
Students at Hancock High will be released from school early Thursday and the school will be closed for 14 days due to a large number of positive COVID-19 cases.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2021 at 8:54 AM CDT
|By Carmen Poe
At the end of last year, Child Protective Services received over 100 referrals for chronic absenteeism.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2021 at 7:32 AM CDT
|By WLOX Staff and Brandy McGill
One week after the start of classes, South Hancock Elementary will be closed for in-person learning due to a COVID outbreak.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2021 at 7:22 AM CDT
|By WLOX Staff
Agricola Elementary School in George County is closing due to a large number of positive COVID-19 cases.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2021 at 7:21 AM CDT
|By WLOX Staff
Stone High announced early Wednesday afternoon that it would be closing early and will remain closed through Aug. 26.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2021 at 3:25 PM CDT
|By Bill Snyder
Wednesday meant another round of checking in at schools around the Jackson County District for superintendent John Strycker.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2021 at 2:35 PM CDT
|By Sharie Nicole
This includes sports, speech and debate, band, cheer, chess, or any similar activity.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2021 at 7:58 AM CDT
|By Tristan Ruppert
Tuesday, SRHS employees were on the college’s Perkinston campus in an effort to get more people vaccinated before the fall semester begins next week.