Jackson Jambalaya

Looks like a prison yard

Somebody be disrespected-

1 point losses are really hard to handle for some people, but you'd think the Valedictorian and Salutatorian wouldn't take it personal.

what is wrong with those people?

Teacher here at Jackson area public charter school. You never see this happen at our inner city charter schools
Never ever. Although our kids come
From inner city and are African American we do not have any issues such as this. This is a perfect case and reason single inner city black mothers support charter schools. I know many of you white liberal St. Andrews parents don not support them or school choice while you send kids to your school of choice not JPS
Look at this.

Some of them will be in a prison yard soon enough.

I, for one, am proud as punch to see a campusful of boisterous vibrancy on display from these youthful Mississippians, each one a soon-to-blossom surgeon, CEO, or senator. Tragically, they will mostly leave our fair state for fields afar where they, already highly educated and workforce-ready, will know monetary compensation beyond what they would find here. I weep for Mississippi to think of them departing.

Culture of violence.

clearly some bad blood...next stop fighting in the popeyes..

No guns were used in this perceived interpersonal conflict, right?

First, please cut back on videos that appeal mostly to the lower common denominator among your fans. We don't need to be reminded that this sort of thing goes on.

Second, I am a former St. Andrew's parent, and I support the existence of charter schools, especially for underprivileged children of whatever minority or majority.

And we wonder why failure is running rampant in society.

@2:08 - This is from a parent and now a grandparent of children that went to Saint Andrews - Alpha/Omega. And I am one of the strongest supporters of charter schools you will find in the state. Granted, I might not fit the 'liberal' adjective that you included in your generalization of the parents of kids at what is probably the best school in the state, but I also don't tend to generalize as you did lumping those that choose to spend our personal money, along with the taxes we pay to support the public schools.

Yes, the same attitude that the charter schools demand of their students - things like actually studying, spending time doing their assignments, responsibility, respect, etc - exist at St Andrews and for that matter most of the other find private or parochial schools in the area.

I will continue to support the charter schools in any and every area that I can - and recognize that when my kids were attending K-12 there was not a choice of charter schools. Even if they had been, I would have still made the sacrifice required to provide them the better education that comes from these fine institutions.

I want to see the inner city kids who's parents are actually interested in their kids getting a quality education have that opportunity despite their zip codes. But I would suggest that you should not take the attitude that so many of the PPS and other public school advocates have of demeaning these other opportunities that exist.

Good one, 2:23

More teacher pay raises are the answer.

They now make much more than Law Enforcement, but they still need mo'money.

Jackson charter schools have children up to 6th grade, right?

Where is the senior graduation?

9:19 William Winter promised us in 1981 that if we raised teacher salaries that good jobs would come and crime would flee Mississippi. William Winter was such a visionary prophet. 41 years later Mississippi is awash in high paying jobs and crime is a distant memory.

One of the happiest days in your life and you want to fight?