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Daily Corinthian Vol. 118, No. 243
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Corinth schools maintain ‘A’ rating BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
A new school accountability model didn’t shake the “A” status of the Corinth School District. The 2013-2014 results, publicly released Friday, measured
schools’ performance on an an A to F grading scale in a year when school districts were transitioning to Common Core standards. Because of the transition, the U.S. Department of Education granted Mississippi a one-year waiver allow-
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ing schools to retain their prior rating if this year’s rating decreased. Corinth also rated an “A” in the previous year. In the 2013-2014 results, Corinth High School retained an A, Corinth Middle School
retained a B, and Corinth Elementary, which had a B in the prior year, would have dropped to a C without the waiver. “The elementary school dropped to a C because all they had was MCT 2 scores that we did not concentrate on,” Super-
intendent Lee Childress told the district’s board of trustees. Many districts chose to focus on the new standards. “We told all of our teachers: Teach the Common Core skills, Please see SCHOOLS | 2A
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Alcorn County students will soon begin receiving routine dental care and evaluations while at school. The new Mississippi Seals program, approved this week by the Alcorn School District Board of Directors, will provide dental screenings, fluoride varnish applications and dental sealants for students in grades 2-5. “The program should help reduce oral health disparities in our children,” said school nurse Chrystee Hamilton. “The program will contract local dentists to come into the schools and, after we have received permission from the student’s parents, provide the services.” The School-Based Dental Sealant Program provided by the Mississippi Department of Health is slated to become a student benefit as early next month. “The focus will be dental sealants,” she said. “It will only take a few minutes per student and Please see DENTAL | 2A
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connect students with resources to expand learning and give them more opportunities for success. “The students will ultimately be more successful,” said Ford.
Several inauguration events are planned for Corinth’s elected officials ahead of the beginning of the new term of office on Monday, Nov. 3. The earliest event will inaugurate the incoming police chief, Ralph Dance. It is set for 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23, at the courtroom of the justice center on South Harper Road. Dance said he has asked a longtime associate, Jim Pounds, a circuit judge, to administer the oath. Mayor Tommy Irwin will also have a separate event to take the oath as he prepares to begin a second term at the helm. It is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 24, in the board room at City Hall. Neal Biggers, a U.S. federal judge, will administer the oath. The six members of the Board of Aldermen will take the oath the following week at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 30, at the board room at City Hall. May-
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Students at Northeast Mississippi Community College are getting a high tech new tool for education as the school begins to roll out an initiative that will place iPads in the hands of all students by next fall.
Northeast leads classroom technology revolution BY BRANT SAPPINGTON bsappington@dailycorinthian.com
An apple each day keeps the doctor away, but an Apple for each student is transforming education at Northeast Mississippi Community College. NEMCC is leading the
technology revolution at the state’s community colleges as the first to launch a program that will put an Apple iPad tablet computer in the hands of every student by next fall. The college’s executive vice-president Ricky Ford said the ultimate goal is to
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Effort provides service members’ care packages BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
A volunteer organization has not forgotten. Deployed soldiers are constantly on the minds of volunteers with Mid-South Project Package. The group sends out care packages each month to service personnel from the mid-south area who are deployed in Afghanistan, Iraq and Kuwait. Glen R. Marsh, a supply sergeant with the National Guard, is one of the many soldiers
Supply Sgt. Glen R. Marsh (from left), Rickey Crane with Veterans and Family Honors and MS Project Package Coordinator and Founder Rickey Pope put together a care package to be mailed to a deployed mid-south soldier in Iraq.
to receive a package from the group over the years. “I remember getting that package,” said Marsh Thursday at the Corinth Armory. “For soldiers, getting anything from home means a lot because you lose a lot things when you are on the road.” Marsh, deployed three times, received packages in 2005 and 2009 when stationed at COB Speicher near Baghdad. “It’s a big time morale boostPlease see PACKAGES | 2A
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On this day in history 150 years ago Battle of Cedar Creek — Gen. Early’s attack catches the Union army off guard. Sheridan rides the 15 miles from Winchester, rallying his men. His presence inspires the soldiers and they counterattack in a victory that nearly destroys Early’s army.
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