Jackson Jambalaya

Wow, always looking for a handout. What about self responsibility?

Not enough money for basic supplies? Start eliminating school district expenditures that are not directly tied to academic instruction and legitimate supporting admin costs. Got 6 coaches at school who each have 1/2 of a full academic teaching load? Try replacing them with fewer personnel who have larger academic loads -- there's some supply money.

You would think between civil forfeiture and meth production that Richland could provide school supplies.

Its not the children's fault they are used as pawns to solicit sympathy and money from people.

There are a lot of kids with dumbass parents that have iphones, tatoos and nice rides, but look to everyone else when its time to support their children.

As long as the kiddos aren't sporting cell phones, I might be a contributor. But, I'm not helping out parents that buy their kids cell phones, but won't buy them school supplies.

Lets just remember that Richland is in Rankin County, land of rednecks, meth and inbreeding. These folks done spent all they money on black-market supplies to cook meth. This is really sad, especially when you consider what low-regard the citizens of Rankin County place on education.

Giving up hard earned money so some parent with a new iPhone and a truck nicer than my old paid for one can not pay an extra $20 for basic school supplies is distasteful no matter what their skin color is. I feel bad for anyone who genuinely needs $20 for school supplies, but so far all I have met is people that make bad financial choices.

I didn't see the skin color of the kids listed... is Richland "whites only" and no one told me? Until I see a kid who can't find a pencil somewhere, I'm not spending my money to buy them one. Until I see kids going hungry and MS NOT leading the nation in childhood obesity, I'm not really thrilled with the idea of paying for free breakfast and lunch. I don't really care what color your kid is, just take care of them yourself. If you find you can't, find a church.

I thought Scott county was the meth capital of Mississippi? I've even heard cops refer to meth as the Scott county slim fast.

Regardless I would hope that communities would come together to support children's education. Why should a child not get needed school supplies because their parents can't manage money? Isn't that the only way to get these kids to make better decisions? To support their education?

Also, I live in Richland. I don't do meth. I don't know anyone that does meth. And I'll be donating items to the Richland students.

Brandon is having a "Helmets and Heels" fundraiser for football. The speaker is Jill Freeze. If you wonder what is wrong with public schools these days, let that sink in for a moment. It's $30 to attend.

@1:51 p.m. So what slice of real estate do you occupy in heaven? I am sure you sitteth at the right hand of God no doubt.

Sounds like some folks are just plain jealous of the entrepreneurial spirit that abounds in Rankin County.

Meth- Scott County Slim Fast - excellent

There is nothing wrong with a "Helmets and Heels" fundraiser. No one is asking for a handout. There are people who worked to put together a way to raise money by getting something for their money, instead of begging for handouts.

Also, those who say Rankin county doesn't care about education, go look at the school ratings.

We may have some lame administrators, but we also have a LOT of great teachers.

What they should worry about is that Madison and Rankin public schools produce more NM finalists, that Brandon is the highest income city in the state, and that reality is that their lily white low competition segregation academy is not competitive. But, dream on, Northeast Jerkson "heroes." And, keep reading that Metro ChRICHistan Living magazine to get more prayers for tax breaks and useful tips to persuade the NCAA investigators. We'll keep getting a STEM education, rolling in sales tax, and paving roads for Tate. While you build higher fences and wonder what happened to your 1950s house and 1850s values.

Why do students receive new apple computers but can't afford pencils?

1:32 PM What is wrong with children having cell phones?

4:27. wow. so much wrong there

national merit- st. andrews, prep? i guess those don’t count even though they are far better than any rankin county public school

also no rankin county public school is in the top 16 in the state for producing national merit finalists. (madison and clinton are the only public ones in our area that had more than 3..)

income level- it’s madison. not brandon

seems like in reality madison and hinds are way above rankin in terms of education

@3:14 pm, you seem offended by my brutally honest observations about Rankin County folk. And so you decide to pretend you are morally and religiously superior to me. But that’s fine, I would expect nothing less from a Rankin Countian.

All that aside....Why after all these years of 'tax free holiday' just before school starts has the legislature never seen fit to include school supplies in the items that can be bought tax free.

How damned stupid is that of the people who are running this state? And any time you ask one of them why not...he or she will say, "Oh....I signed on to that last session (or three years ago) but it just never got out of committee." Bull Shit!

The racism in the comments really has gotten out of control, thanks for saying something kf. It makes it almost impossible to agree with anything the GOP says when the loudest supporters only care about one thing.

@ 5:49

I'll tell you why children don't need cell phones. Because they are CHILDREN! They need guidance, direction, discipline and lots of other things, but they do not "need" a cell phone.

They have phones because the parents are too lazy to keep up with them. So out of convenience for the parents, little Johnny walks around like a stud duck sporting the latest release from Apple. However, what little Johnny doesn't have is an appointment with the dentist,enough school supplies, or a home cooked meal. But he has that damn cell phone, those expensive tennis shoes and a polo shirt.

Yea, he looks like all the other little future consumers and will be just as miserable, broke and unenlightened as his parents, all for the sake of being like everybody else.

The Richland children are much less likely to grow up and turn into criminals than the JPS kids. Much better chance that the Richland kids will actually be productive members of society.

Haha cite drug problems and then praise Prep? You do realize most of the drugs on kids in Rankin County flow freely out of Prep, right??

Where the hell does this come from?:

"The racism in the comments really has gotten out of control, thanks for saying something kf. It makes it almost impossible to agree with anything the GOP says when the loudest supporters only care about one thing. July 31, 2018 at 7:34 PM"

I've seen no racist posts on this thread. Furthermore, Kingfish has not posted at all. Get a grip on your chip!

What has happened to parents today? They seem to forget that everyone pays taxes to educate their children. People with no children pay more in taxes than those who have children. Now the parents want other people to provide school supplies for their kids. Isn't it enough that we help pay for their education? In many schools we even provide free meals.
At one time parents raised their own children. Now, for some reason, they have the idea that other people should foot the bill for their children.
Maybe it is kids having kids. One ting we know for sure, either the parents are not grown ups or they are dead beats.

I don't know if Kingfish ever does an "Idiot of the Day," but if he did today, 12:41pm would get it!

He whines about paying upwards of a hundred grand for 14 years of private school at a segregation academy that he has convinced himself is academically exceptional (it isn't). I'm sure Junior ended up at the same University as early as else, either Ole Miss or MSU, taking the same classes as the kids who went to public school.

Did your kids ACT score reflect all this exceptional private school education? Is he going to college for free?

In any other settings that would be considered poor financial planning on your part. You could have sent your kid to McWillie Montessori, followed by the Apac program, which is what JPS white people usually do.

As Fred Sanford used to say, "You big dummy!"

I personally enjoy watching Jackson area white people slowly go broke funneling all their money into private schools. I call it a tax on racism.

@12:41pm You didn't HAVE to send your children to private school. It was a choice you made. And wow how wonderful that you had that option. My family could never afford JA tuition. We make a good income and send our children to public school. Congratulations on your financial success. Maybe you'll get your head out of your ass one day.

If you're going to delete posts, then how do you justify letting PittPanther's racist bullshit stand?