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greenbean.sixpack

greenbean.sixpack

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Pathetic. The RCSD, and in particular the NWR Zone, should be tops in the state. Weathersby certainly needs to go and likely will not run again.

The NWR Board Member, Sturdivant, needs to go also. What she has allowed to happen to NWRMS and NWRHS is almost criminal. 39047 is probably in the top 5 income zip codes in the state and the facilities are worse than many Delta schools where every student is on a free lunch. I'm sure 39047 pays a disproportionate share of taxes to the district.

If anyone on here wants to run for the school board, I will campaign for you.
 
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RocketDawg

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Is Rankin County in metro Chicago? From the politics and (near) criminal activity, it sounds like it.
 
615dawg

615dawg

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I'm really thinking about running

greenbean said:
If anyone on here wants to run for the school board, I will campaign for you.
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Sturdivant is a lap dog for Weathersby and has not represented NWR at all. 39047/39232 pays 62% of the tax base in RCSD. And you are right, the facilities are terrible.

30% of NWR kids go to school in a trailer.
The NWR football stadium is the worst in 6A-Region 2, by far.
NWR has to use Pearl's track because they don't have one.
NWR High School is rated a "C" school. By contrast, the main rivals for families moving in - Clinton and Madison Central are both "A" schools.
NWR Middle School is a cesspool.
The elementary schools are good for now, but starting next year they are going to put kids as young as 3rd grade in trailers.
Teachers are peddling drugs, having sex with kids, etc. That may go on everywhere, but its being overlooked in NWR.

The very best thing that could happen in this situation is for NWR to split off, but the current climate makes that a long shot. Until you get a school board rep that will absolutely have the best intentions for NWR at the forefront of their campaign, you're going to have subpar schools. There is no excuse for Northwest Rankin High to be a C-rated school.

Someone needs to run for superintendent with this platform:

1. Take half of Weathersby's $150,000 salary.
2. Cut everyone else's salary in district office to below that.

That fixes a lot of the problem. I know of at least three six figure salaried individuals and many more making $70k+ that couldn't get a real job. Things like what is linked here - the superintendent was trying to get his son in law one of those six figure jobs when he has ZERO qualifications for the job he has. This guy's wife (superintendent's daughter) makes $120k as the deputy superintendent.

They built an over the top administration building that has about 20 offices in it. The big deal isn't the building, its the fact that they felt the need they needed to build it. RCSD has twice as many non-teaching employees as Madison County. RCSD has about 5000 more students (19000-14000), yet twice the non-teaching employees. They could let go 300 people and wouldn't miss a beat. Hiring so and so's friend and so and so's cousin over the years has created this.
 
greenbean.sixpack

greenbean.sixpack

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I commend your willingness to get involved, most people are not. You are certainly knowledgeable. Let me know if I can help.
 
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xxxWalkTheDawg

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Just more evidence of the need to cut the number school administrative offices and districts in half.... To start. For as much crying about the lack of funds there are for schools, the administrations do a hell of a job pissing the money away. The previous superintendent in lee county schools had his unqualified mistress in a high paying job while having a buddy as business manager who signed school assets over to himself. How was that not caught before? The business managers wife was... And still is... Chief accountant for the district.

Now the new superintendent had a great cost cutting idea of hiring the GCA to clean classrooms and facilities at a cost of nearly 650,000 for a YEAR. The government agency did a piss poor job of cleaning cause they underbid...and the maintenxe men, who was cleaning before anyway, had to go behind them and finish the job. He pissed nearly 650,000 away in his first year.

You want a laugh? Go to Desoto county schools website and look at the administration. There are mid to large corporations with less brass. http://www.desotocountyschools.org/?DivisionID=10920

Administrative assistant to the assistant superintendent of academic education? Seriously?
 
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patdog

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One huge problem with NWR splitting off and forming a new school district. The Justice Dept. I'm guessing that zone is "whiter" than the rest of RCSD and the Justice Dept. will be all over that. Back around the time Madison Central was built, that zone broke away from the rest of MCSD and formed a new district. Within 2 years, the Justice Dept. ordered the 2 districts to recombine.
 
Shmuley

Shmuley

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The only correction needed to your post is that Weathersby's son-in-law was not eligible for a "six figure job." That job didn't pay that. But your point remains valid.
 
greenbean.sixpack

greenbean.sixpack

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I doubt NWR is much different demographically from the rest of the district. Rankin county is 77% white and Flowood is 75% white. However, with all the talk of district consolidation, I doubt it stands a chance, especially if legislative approval is needed.
 
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