GREENWOOD, Miss. (AP) - The new leader of the Greenwood Public School District is pledging stronger academic performance from three schools that were rated F last year.
The Greenwood Commonwealth reports (https://bit.ly/2nibJOM ) that Jennifer Wilson became superintendent in March. At a Rotary Club meeting last week, she said teachers and administrators are “working aggressively hard to improve student achievement.”
If any of the three failing schools receives an F again this year, the individual school could be taken over by the state. Wilson says that won’t happen.
The Greenwood district overall received a D last year.
Wilson says improving academic achievement is essential before the 2019 consolidation with the Leflore County School District. State lawmakers are requiring the merger.
Because of academic failure, Leflore County schools have been under state control since 2013.
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