tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post1555717170767215182..comments2024-03-29T05:32:54.378-05:00Comments on Jackson Jambalaya: School board votes to settle Rankin Civil War (video)Kingfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06184990110961727404noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-14444918181016647172012-06-19T16:57:26.640-05:002012-06-19T16:57:26.640-05:001:59 Seems you have inflated the problem in Rankin...1:59 Seems you have inflated the problem in Rankin Co by assuming things you know nothing about. <br /><br />"Why so many districts in Rankin Co?" "So many?" There are TWO, and the NW Rankin schools DO NOT have their own district. The only schools in Rankin Co. that have their own district are those in city of Pearl. They are in the PSDD.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-38181236046586847082012-06-19T13:59:25.291-05:002012-06-19T13:59:25.291-05:00Pearl may be a great district. So may be NW Ranki...Pearl may be a great district. So may be NW Rankin, Rankin County, etc. etc. Question still is, why so many districts in Rankin County? You could still have great facilities, great bands, great athletics, and by gosh, maybe even great education - with less administration created by one district rather than many.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-5115498797082220042012-06-19T06:49:49.037-05:002012-06-19T06:49:49.037-05:006:11 I agree with everything you said, and I, too,...6:11 I agree with everything you said, and I, too, don't have kids or live in Pearl. Pearl has an excellent school system and certainly better than most other public schools. However, Pearl is Pearl and always will be Pearl, and there are many people who live in the new areas of Pearl who don't want to acknowledge they live in Pearl. They either use Brandon or Flowood in their address with the 39208 zip. I have seen it happen many, many times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-54004614612851266852012-06-19T06:11:01.111-05:002012-06-19T06:11:01.111-05:00Pearl is a great district. The teachers may make m...Pearl is a great district. The teachers may make more money which is a good thing but the administration does not. Pearl has long been a blue collar community. The entire city supports the school/school events with pride. The facilities are top notch. The academics are good, the band is good, the athletics are good. The district is full of good people. They are able to accomplish much because they have a can do attitude and they don't have to go through another level of politics. By the way, I never attended Pearl, don't have kids in Pearl and don't live in Pearl so this is not homecooking comments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-33492786245260850492012-06-18T15:06:41.519-05:002012-06-18T15:06:41.519-05:00Pearl seperated from the district when the resevoi...Pearl seperated from the district when the resevoir was built and when the houses were first built and there was no place for the kids to go to school. That is why they seperated from the County, to get the additional funding from the resevoir. Then came along Northwest and Pearl never went back to the Rankin County School District and if you bring it up in conversation you are told real quick that will never happen because the Pearl teachers and administration make more money than the Rankin County School District teachers and administration. This is wrong!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-81941762806084557482012-06-18T10:40:32.199-05:002012-06-18T10:40:32.199-05:00Count your blessings, Rankin. Consider Bolivar.Count your blessings, Rankin. Consider Bolivar.Shadowfaxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-47257249074353960602012-06-18T09:21:32.068-05:002012-06-18T09:21:32.068-05:00At least these two school boards are honest - it&#...At least these two school boards are honest - it's all about the money. "students mean dollars"<br /><br />Seems like the best answer is one school district. Then we could eliminate the additional cost of fighting administrators, lawyers, board members and maybe start focusing on educating the kids.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-5158097393959711832012-06-18T08:55:43.118-05:002012-06-18T08:55:43.118-05:00The unspoken fear by Sturdivant et al: if this is...The unspoken fear by Sturdivant et al: if this is successful then Flowood and the Reservoir areas might start making more noise about forming their own district.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-40696745580075570162012-06-18T08:26:10.270-05:002012-06-18T08:26:10.270-05:00The Pearl school District was/is created by the Ci...The Pearl school District was/is created by the City of Pearl. Why was this not addressed when the annexation took place?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com